2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Computer Science for an Associate
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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 Computer Science for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Computer Science is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 59,565 degrees were awarded to students with this major.
Across Maine, there were 145 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 19 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,263 and $19,245 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computer science 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 computer science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Computer Science for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree vets studying computer science.
Top 1 Best Computer Science Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maine
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Maine Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Computer Science for an Associate. SMCC is a medium-sized public school situated in South Portland, Maine. It awarded 16 associates’s computer science degrees in 2020-2021.
SMCC also made our “Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1.Of the 5,789 students enrolled at Southern Maine Community College, 251 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 143 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,882. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Southern Maine Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Southern Maine Community College 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
- *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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