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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Visual & Performing Arts for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 149,215 visual and performing arts students received their degree, making the major the 10th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,700 and had an average of $25,051 in loans still to pay off.
Across Georgia, there were 5,160 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,566 and $26,958 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 292 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,656 and $23,073 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Visual & Performing Arts for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in visual and performing arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great visual and performing arts programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the visual and performing arts program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Visual & Performing Arts for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia associate degree vets studying visual & performing arts.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gwinnett Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Visual & Performing Arts for an Associate. This medium-sized school is located in Lawrenceville, Georgia, and it awarded 36 associates’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
GTC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Georgia” list.Of the 8,576 students enrolled at Gwinnett Technical College, 389 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 237 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,489. To help with additional expenses, 6 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Gwinnett Technical College]](/colleges/gwinnett-technical-college/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Georgia for Visual & Performing Arts for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Atlanta landed the #2 spot on the list. Ai Atlanta is a small school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 10 associates’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Ai Atlanta also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 814 students enrolled at The Art Institute of Atlanta were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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