You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Optometric Support for a Bachelor’s. UAMS is a public institution located in Little Rock, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UAMS also made our “Best Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.Among the 2,907 students enrolled at UAMS, 92 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 56 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,673. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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%.
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