2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Industrial Tech
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Ranked Colleges
14
Degrees Awarded
$25,000
Avg Cost*
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Maine for Industrial Tech” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 4,540 people earned their degree in industrial technology/technician, making the major the 217th most popular in the United States.
Across Maine, there were 14 industrial technology/technician graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality industrial technology/technician 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 industrial technology/technician program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Industrial Tech
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Industrial Tech”.
Top 1 Best Industrial Technology Colleges for Veterans in Maine
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Industrial Tech list. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized school located in Portland, Maine that handed out 14 ’s industrial tech degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Southern Maine, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Southern Maine supports 8,022 students, and 400 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 174 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,298. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Southern Maine offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 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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