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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Visual & Performing Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 10th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 149,215 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 Minnesota, there were 1,863 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,761 and $25,597 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the visual and performing arts program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 Minnesota for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to 49 students in 2020-2021.
UMN Twin Cities also took the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking.Of the 52,017 students enrolled at UMN Twin Cities, 752 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 436 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,020. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UMN Twin Cities]](/colleges/university-of-minnesota-twin-cities/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s list. Mankato, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our minnesota master’s degree vets studying visual & performing arts list, Minnesota State Mankato has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking.Among the 14,761 students enrolled at Minnesota State University - Mankato, 331 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 147 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,814. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Minnesota State Mankato Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Visual & Performing Arts for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Minneapolis College of Art and Design landed the #3 spot on the list. MCAD is a small school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 29 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
MCAD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list.Our most recent data shows that 19 of the 760 students enrolled at MCAD were GI Bill® students, of which 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,588. On top of their other funding sources, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Minneapolis College of Art and Design Veteran Student Life Report
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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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