2023 Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maine

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Education Admin for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2020-2021, 46,469 people earned their degree in educational administration, making the major the 27th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, educational administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $61,457 and had an average of $32,661 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 164 educational administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,554 and $45,995 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Education Admin for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in educational administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality educational 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 educational administration program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Education Admin for a Master’s

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

Top 3 Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maine

1

University of Maine
Orono, Maine

21 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Education Admin for a Master’s. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education admin degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.

UMaine also took the #1 spot in our “Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking.Among the 11,741 students enrolled at UMaine, 21 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UMaine offers 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 University of Maine]](/colleges/university-of-maine/student-life/veterans/)

2

University of Southern Maine
Portland, Maine

400 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Education Admin for a Master’s list. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s education admin students in 2020-2021.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #2.Of the 8,022 students enrolled at University of Southern Maine, 400 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 174 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,298. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Southern Maine 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%.

Full University of Southern Maine Veteran Student Life Report

3

University of Maine at Farmington
Farmington, Maine

62 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$5,493 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Farmington. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Education Admin for a Master’s list. Located in Farmington, Maine, this small public school awarded 25 degrees to qualified masters’s education admin students in 2020-2021.

UMaine Farmington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list.According to our most recent data, UMaine Farmington supports 1,862 students, and 62 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 18 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,493. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Full UMaine Farmington 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

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.

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