2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Journalism for a Master’s

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Arkansas for Journalism for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Journalism is the 69th most popular major in the country with 13,552 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,953 and had an average of $23,734 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arkansas, there were 266 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,743 and $25,817 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Journalism for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in journalism. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent journalism programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the journalism program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Journalism for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Journalism for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Best Journalism 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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Journalism for a Master’s. UARK is a large public school situated in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It awarded 10 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

UARK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list.Of the 27,562 students enrolled at UARK, 11 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,975. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, 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%.

Full University of Arkansas Veteran Student Life Report

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University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas

24 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 University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Journalism for a Master’s. UA Little Rock is a medium-sized public school situated in Little Rock, Arkansas. It awarded 8 masters’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.

UA Little Rock also made our “Best Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #2.Of the 8,899 students enrolled at University of Arkansas at 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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,247. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Arkansas at Little Rock does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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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

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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