2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for International Studies for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$44,350
Avg Salary
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 International Studies for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
International Studies is the 100th most popular major in the country with 7,368 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, international studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,198 and had an average of $21,594 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 54 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,189 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 38 international 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 international 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 international studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for International Studies for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree vets studying international studies.
Top 1 Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maine
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colby College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for International Studies for a Bachelor’s list. Colby College is a small school located in Waterville, Maine that handed out 29 bachelors’s international studies degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree vets studying international studies list, Colby has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best International Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking.Of the 2,155 students enrolled at Colby College, 12 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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. On top of their other funding sources, 6 students qualified for 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. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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%.
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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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