2023 Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maine
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$25,203
Avg Salary
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 Journalism for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Journalism is the 69th most popular major in the country with 13,552 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,953 and had an average of $23,734 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 30 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,203 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,463 and $30,985 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality journalism programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the journalism program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Journalism for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Journalism for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Journalism for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maine
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Journalism for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. UMaine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 9 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2020-2021.
UMaine also made our “Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 21 of the 11,741 students enrolled at UMaine were GI Bill® students, of which 17 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,419. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UMaine offers 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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