2023 Best Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arkansas
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Ranked Colleges
66
Degrees Awarded
$21,000
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Child development for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Early Childhood Education is the 34th most popular major in the country with 32,920 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Arkansas, there were 313 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 66 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,707 and $16,924 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality early childhood education programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the early childhood education program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Child development for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas associate degree vets studying child development.
Top 1 Best Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arkansas
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Child development for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith landed the #1 spot on the list. UAFS is a medium-sized school located in Fort Smith, Arkansas that handed out 8 associates’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
UAFS also took the #1 spot in our “Best Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking.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 tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,879. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UAFS offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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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