2023 Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arkansas
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Degrees Awarded
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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 Arkansas for Communication & Journalism for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Communication & Journalism is the 11th most popular major in the country with 120,571 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, communication and journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,266 and had an average of $24,758 in loans still to pay off.
Across Arkansas, there were 1,070 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,579 and $25,053 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Communication & Journalism for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and journalism. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and journalism programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the communication and journalism program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Communication & Journalism for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Communication & Journalism for a Master’s”.
Top 3 Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arkansas
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Communication & Journalism for a Master’s list. Fayetteville, Arkansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s communication and journalism degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
UARK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list.Among the 27,562 students enrolled at University of Arkansas, 11 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,975. 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 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.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Communication & Journalism for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Jonesboro, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s communication and journalism degrees to 67 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at A-State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking.Of the 13,106 students enrolled at Arkansas State University - Main Campus, 425 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 180 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,131. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Communication & Journalism for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is located in Little Rock, Arkansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 masters’s communication and journalism degrees to qualified students.
UA Little Rock also made our “Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #3.Among the 8,899 students enrolled at University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 24 are 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 scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Arkansas at Little Rock]](/colleges/university-of-arkansas-at-little-rock/student-life/veterans/)
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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
- *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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