2023 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific 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 Grade Specific Ed for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 110,226 teacher education grade specific students received their degree, making the major the 6th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, teacher education grade specific graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,970 and had an average of $24,228 in loans still to pay off.
Across Arkansas, there were 1,879 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,163 and $21,141 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 341 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,707 and $16,924 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality teacher education grade specific 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 teacher education grade specific program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Grade Specific Ed for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Grade Specific Ed for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arkansas
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Grade Specific Ed for an Associate. University of Arkansas - Fort Smith is located in Fort Smith, Arkansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 associates’s grade specific ed degrees to qualified students.
UAFS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas” list.Of the 5,887 students enrolled at UAFS, 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 Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,879. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UAFS offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UAFS]](/colleges/university-of-arkansas-fort-smith/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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