2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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$42,695
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Public Administration & Social Service is the 14th most popular major in the country with 98,583 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, public administration and social service graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $40,520 and had an average of $27,642 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 500 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,570 and $32,447 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public administration and social service. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration and social service 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 public administration and social service program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The public administration & social service 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 Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for maine master’s degree vets studying public administration & social service.
Top 2 Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maine
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 68 masters’s public administration and social service degrees to qualified students.
University of Southern Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list.Among the 8,022 students enrolled at University of Southern Maine, 400 are 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 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New England. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s. Located in Biddeford, Maine, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 170 degrees to qualified masters’s public administration and social service students in 2020-2021.
UNE also made our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, UNE supports 7,208 students, and 39 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 17 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $11,574. To help with additional expenses, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UNE]](/colleges/university-of-new-england/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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