2023 Best Education Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arkansas
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Ranked Colleges
341
Degrees Awarded
$21,000
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Education for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 327,871 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, education is the 4th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,202 and had an average of $24,437 in loans still to pay off.
Across Arkansas, there were 5,126 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,130 and $21,620 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 341 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,707 and $16,924 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality education programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 Education for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Education for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Education for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Education Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arkansas
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Education for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and it awarded 8 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
UAFS not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Education Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas” list.Of the 5,887 students enrolled at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, 288 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 102 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,879. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full University of Arkansas - Fort Smith Veteran Student Life Report
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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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