2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Public Health for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Public Health for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Public Health is the 26th most popular major in the country with 40,596 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, public health graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,158 and had an average of $27,396 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 171 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,052 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Public Health for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public health. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public health 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 public health program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The public health 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 Health for a Master’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Public Health for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Public Health for a Master’s”.
Top 3 Best Public Health Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maine
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Public Health for a Master’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 14 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Southern Maine, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Southern Maine supports 8,022 students, and 400 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 174 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,298. 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.
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 University of Southern Maine]](/colleges/university-of-southern-maine/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New England. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Public Health for a Master’s list. University of New England is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Biddeford, Maine. It awarded 114 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
UNE also made our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1.Among the 7,208 students enrolled at UNE, 39 are 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 $11,574. During this same period, 9 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UNE]](/colleges/university-of-new-england/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Public Health for a Master’s list. Saint Joseph’s Maine is a small school located in Standish, Maine that handed out 19 masters’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Saint Joseph’s Maine, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking.Among the 1,967 students enrolled at Saint Joseph’s Maine, 15 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 8 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,527. On top of their other funding sources, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine]](/colleges/saint-josephs-college-of-maine/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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