2023 Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arkansas

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Public Admin for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 16,897 people earned their degree in public administration, making the major the 49th most popular in the United States.

Across Arkansas, there were 186 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Public Admin for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration 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 public administration program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Public Admin for a Master’s

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

Top 2 Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Arkansas

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University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas

24 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Arkansas for Public Admin for a Master’s. UA Little Rock is a medium-sized public school situated in Little Rock, Arkansas. It awarded 18 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

UA Little Rock did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list.Our most recent data shows that 24 of the 8,899 students enrolled at University of Arkansas at Little Rock were GI Bill® students, of which 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,247. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Arkansas at Little Rock offers credit for military training for eligible students.

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Arkansas State University - Main Campus
Jonesboro, Arkansas

425 GI Bill® Students**

#1 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 Public Admin for a Master’s list. A-State is a public institution located in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 121 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

A-State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list.Among the 13,106 students enrolled at Arkansas State University - Main Campus, 425 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 180 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,131. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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%.

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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.