2023 Best Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maine
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Systems Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Systems Engineering is the 160th most popular major in the country with 3,904 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, systems engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $89,736 and had an average of $21,799 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 11 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,120 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 systems engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,463 and $30,985 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent systems engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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 systems engineering program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Systems Engineering for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Systems Engineering for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Systems Engineering for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maine
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maine Maritime Academy. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Systems Engineering for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Castine, Maine, this small public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s systems engineering students in 2020-2021.
Maine Maritime also took the #1 spot in our “Best Systems Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking.Among the 941 students enrolled at Maine Maritime, 92 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 37 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,276. To help with additional expenses, 5 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Maine Maritime offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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 Maine Maritime Academy]](/colleges/maine-maritime-academy/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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