2023 Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Colleges for Veterans in Maine
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Ranked Colleges
67
Degrees Awarded
$30,000
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Family Practice Nursing” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing is the 52nd most popular major in the country with 16,104 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Maine, there were 67 family practice nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Family Practice Nursing” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in family practice nurse/nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality family practice nurse/nursing 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 family practice nurse/nursing program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 Family Practice Nursing” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Family Practice Nursing
The colleges and universities below are the best for maine vets studying family practice nursing.
Top 2 Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Colleges for Veterans in Maine
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Family Practice Nursing that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s family practice nursing degrees to 17 students 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.Our most recent data shows that 400 of the 8,022 students enrolled at University of Southern Maine were GI Bill® students, of which 174 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,298. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 University of Southern Maine]](/colleges/university-of-southern-maine/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Family Practice Nursing. Saint Joseph’s Maine is a small school located in Standish, Maine that handed out 32 ’s family practice nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
Saint Joseph’s Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 15 of the 1,967 students enrolled at Saint Joseph’s Maine were GI Bill® students, of which 8 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,527. To help with additional expenses, 4 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 Saint Joseph’s Maine]](/colleges/saint-josephs-college-of-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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