2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Physician Assistant
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Ranked Colleges
46
Degrees Awarded
$39,300
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Physician Assistant” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Physician Assistant is the 71st most popular major in the country with 11,351 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Maine, there were 46 physician assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great physician assistant programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the physician assistant program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Physician Assistant” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Physician Assistant
The colleges and universities below are the best for maine vets studying physician assistant.
Top 1 Best Physician Assistant Colleges for Veterans in Maine
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Physician Assistant that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New England landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Biddeford, Maine, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 46 diplomas to qualified ’s physician assistant students in 2020-2021.
UNE also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 7,208 students enrolled at UNE, 39 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 $11,574. To help with additional expenses, 9 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
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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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