2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for English Language 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. 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 English Language for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

English is the 19th most popular major in the country with 40,481 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Arkansas, there were 298 English graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for English Language for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in English. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great English programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the English program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for English Language for a Master’s

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

Top 2 Best English 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 English Language for a Master’s. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 8 masters’s English language degrees in 2020-2021.

UARK also made our “Best English Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 11 of the 27,562 students enrolled at UARK were GI Bill® students, of which 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. UARK offers credit for military training for eligible students.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UARK Veteran Student Life Report

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Arkansas State University - Main Campus
Jonesboro, Arkansas

425 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for English Language for a Master’s list. Jonesboro, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s English language degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

A-State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best English Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list.Our most recent data shows that 425 of the 13,106 students enrolled at A-State were GI Bill® students, of which 180 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,131. During this same period, 0 students qualified for 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%.

Read More…

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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.