2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Dentistry
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Ranked Colleges
64
Degrees Awarded
$39,300
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Dentistry” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Dentistry is the 105th most popular major in the country with 6,770 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, dentistry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $103,395 and had an average of $0 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 64 dentistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $129,898 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great dentistry programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the dentistry program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Dentistry” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Dentistry
The colleges and universities below are the best for maine vets studying dentistry.
Top 1 Best Dentistry Colleges for Veterans in Maine
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Dentistry that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New England landed the #1 spot on the list. University of New England is located in Biddeford, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 64 ’s dentistry degrees to qualified students.
UNE also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 39 of the 7,208 students enrolled at UNE were GI Bill® students, of which 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. On top of their other funding sources, 9 students received funds 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UNE]](/colleges/university-of-new-england/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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