You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Iowa for Journalism for a Master’s list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s journalism degrees to 31 students in 2020-2021.
Iowa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list.According to our most recent data, Iowa supports 30,318 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Iowa]](/colleges/university-of-iowa/student-life/veterans/)