2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Individualized Major for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Individualized Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies is the 94th most popular major in the country with 9,057 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Maine, there were 7 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 general multi-/interdisciplinary 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 multi-/interdisciplinary studies 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 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies 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 Individualized Major for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Individualized Major for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Individualized Major for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maine
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Individualized Major for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Colby College landed the #1 spot on the list. Colby College is located in Waterville, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s individualized major degrees to qualified students.
Colby also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 12 of the 2,155 students enrolled at Colby College were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,447. In addition to receiving other benefits, 6 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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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