2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Other Social Sciences for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$31,702
Avg Salary
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Other Social Sciences for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 2,414 people earned their degree in other social sciences, making the major the 182nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, other social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,015 and had an average of $23,193 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 65 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,702 and $26,088 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 64 other social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,463 and $30,985 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other social sciences 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 other social sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Other Social Sciences for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree vets studying other social sciences.
Top 1 Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maine
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Other Social Sciences for a Bachelor’s list. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 54 bachelors’s other social sciences degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Southern Maine, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking.Of the 8,022 students enrolled at University of Southern Maine, 400 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 174 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,298. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Southern Maine does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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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