2023 Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arizona

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Journalism for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Journalism is the 69th most popular major in the country with 11,380 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Arizona, there were 126 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 115 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,087 and $27,181 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Journalism for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general journalism. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general journalism programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general journalism program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Journalism for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Journalism for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona bachelor’s degree vets studying journalism.

Top 2 Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arizona

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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

2,131 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Journalism for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 83 degrees to qualified bachelors’s journalism students in 2020-2021.

University of Arizona also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Arizona supports 45,601 students, and 2,131 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,478 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,880. To help with additional expenses, 31 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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

Full University of Arizona Veteran Student Life Report

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Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

1,055 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Arizona University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Arizona for Journalism for a Bachelor’s. Northern Arizona University is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 32 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

NAU also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking.Of the 29,566 students enrolled at NAU, 1,055 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 622 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,378. To help with additional expenses, 56 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. NAU does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at NAU]](/colleges/northern-arizona-university/student-life/veterans/)

• Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
• Best General Journalism Bachelor’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.

Credits

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