2023 Best Management Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arkansas

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Management Science for a Master’s” ranking.

Management Science is the 40th most popular major in the country with 23,510 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Arkansas, there were 255 management science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Management Science for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in management science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality management science programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the management science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Management Science for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Management Science for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas master’s degree vets studying management science.

Top 2 Best Management Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arkansas

1

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas

11 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Management Science for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 43 masters’s management science degrees in 2020-2021.

UARK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Management Science Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list.According to our most recent data, University of Arkansas supports 27,562 students, and 11 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 11 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,975. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UARK]](/colleges/university-of-arkansas/student-life/veterans/)

2

University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas

24 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Management Science for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and it awarded 14 masters’s management science degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UA Little Rock, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Management Science Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking.Of the 8,899 students enrolled at UA Little Rock, 24 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,247. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Arkansas at Little Rock]](/colleges/university-of-arkansas-at-little-rock/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Management Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
• Best Management Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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

Footnotes

• *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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