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2023 Best Marine Transportation Colleges for Veterans in Maine

1 Ranked Colleges
61 Degrees Awarded
$27,900 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Marine Transport

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Marine Transport” ranking.

Marine Transportation is the 283rd most popular major in the country with 1,203 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, marine transportation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $55,600 and had an average of $18,030 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 61 marine transportation graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,797 and $27,000 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality marine transportation programs as well as strong veteran support.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the marine transportation program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Marine Transport” list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Marine Transport

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine vets studying marine transport.

Top 1 Best Marine Transportation Colleges for Veterans in Maine

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maine Maritime Academy. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Marine Transport. Maine Maritime is a small public school situated in Castine, Maine. It awarded 52 ’s marine transport degrees in 2020-2021.

Maine Maritime also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Our most recent data shows that 92 of the 941 students enrolled at Maine Maritime were GI Bill® students, of which 37 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $17,276. During this same period, 5 students received scholarships through 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Maine Maritime]](/colleges/maine-maritime-academy/student-life/veterans/)

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