2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Adult and Continuing Ed
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$25,000
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Adult and Continuing Ed” ranking.
Adult & Continuing Education is the 432nd most popular major in the country with 1,074 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Maine, there were 21 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great adult and continuing education programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the adult and continuing education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Adult and Continuing Ed
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Adult and Continuing Ed”.
Top 1 Best Adult & Continuing Education Colleges for Veterans in Maine
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Adult and Continuing Ed. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized school located in Portland, Maine that handed out 21 ’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Southern Maine also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 400 of the 8,022 students enrolled at University of Southern Maine were GI Bill® students, of which 174 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school 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 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Southern Maine]](/colleges/university-of-southern-maine/student-life/veterans/)
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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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