2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Communication Arts for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
39
Degrees Awarded
$33,500
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Communication Arts for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
Communications is the 67th most popular major in the country with 12,001 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Maine, there were 44 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 communications graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,463 and $30,985 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communications programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communications program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The communication arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Communication Arts for a Bachelor’s”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Communication Arts for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Communication Arts for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maine
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Communication Arts for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. UMaine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list.Our most recent data shows that 21 of the 11,741 students enrolled at UMaine were GI Bill® students, of which 17 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,419. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through 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%.
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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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