2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Interactive Multimedia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Interactive Multimedia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 10,069 people earned their degree in media arts, making the major the 93rd most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 95 media arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Interactive Multimedia” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in media arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent media arts programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the media arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Interactive Multimedia” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Interactive Multimedia

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine vets studying interactive multimedia.

Top 2 Best Media Arts Colleges for Veterans in Maine

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University of Maine
Orono, Maine

21 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$16,419 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Interactive Multimedia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s interactive multimedia degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our maine vets studying interactive multimedia list, UMaine has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 11,741 students enrolled at University of Maine, 21 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 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 qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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Southern Maine Community College
South Portland, Maine

251 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$1,882 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Interactive Multimedia that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Maine Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in South Portland, Maine. It awarded 44 ’s interactive multimedia degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our maine vets studying interactive multimedia list, SMCC has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.According to our most recent data, SMCC supports 5,789 students, and 251 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 143 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,882. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

Full SMCC 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

Footnotes

• *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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