2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Human Development and Family Studies for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
47
Degrees Awarded
$33,500
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 Human Development and Family Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 9,497 people earned their degree in general human development and family studies, making the major the 88th most popular in the United States.
Across Maine, there were 47 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 47 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,463 and $30,985 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general human development and family studies 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 general human development and family studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The human development and family studies 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 Human Development and Family Studies for a Bachelor’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Human Development and Family Studies for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Human Development and Family Studies for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maine
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Human Development and Family Studies for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school handed out 47 degrees to qualified bachelors’s human development and family studies students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMaine, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking.According to our most recent data, UMaine supports 11,741 students, and 21 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 17 are 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 received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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%.
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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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