2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maine
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. 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 Personal & Culinary Services for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Personal & Culinary Services is the 31st most popular major in the country with 130,328 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, personal and culinary services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $18,795 and had an average of $12,190 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 381 personal and culinary services graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,514 and $10,242 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 24 personal and culinary services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,263 and $19,245 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent personal and culinary services programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the personal and culinary services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
More Ways to Rank Personal & Culinary Services Schools
The personal & culinary services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Personal & Culinary Services for an Associate”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Personal & Culinary Services for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree vets studying personal & culinary services.
Top 1 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maine
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Personal & Culinary Services for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Maine Community College is located in South Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 associates’s personal and culinary services degrees to qualified students.
SMCC also made our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 251 of the 5,789 students enrolled at SMCC were GI Bill® students, of which 143 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,882. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full Southern Maine Community College Veteran Student Life Report
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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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