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

With 73,172 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, accounting is the 7th most popular major in the United States.

Across Arkansas, there were 663 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Accounting for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in accounting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality accounting 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 accounting program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Accounting for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas master’s degree vets studying accounting.

Top 2 Best Accounting 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

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Accounting for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #1 spot on the list. UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 57 masters’s accounting degrees to qualified students.

UARK also took the #1 spot in our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking.Of the 27,562 students enrolled at University of Arkansas, 11 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 11 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,975. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Arkansas offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Arkansas]](/colleges/university-of-arkansas/student-life/veterans/)

2

University of Central Arkansas
Conway, Arkansas

528 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$6,808 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Accounting for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Central Arkansas is a fairly large school located in Conway, Arkansas that handed out 11 masters’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCA, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking.Of the 10,335 students enrolled at University of Central Arkansas, 528 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 194 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,808. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Central Arkansas does offer credit for military training for eligible 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at UCA]](/colleges/university-of-central-arkansas/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Accounting Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
• Best Accounting Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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.

Credits

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