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2023 Best Public Health Colleges for Veterans in Maine

3 Ranked Colleges
171 Degrees Awarded
$33,100 Avg Cost*
Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Public Health

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” 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” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public health program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Public Health” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Public Health

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Public Health”.

Top 3 Best Public Health Colleges for Veterans in Maine

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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Public Health that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified ’s public health students in 2020-2021.

University of Southern Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Our most recent data shows that 400 of the 8,022 students enrolled at University of Southern Maine were GI Bill® students, of which 174 were 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 received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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 University of Southern Maine]](/colleges/university-of-southern-maine/student-life/veterans/)

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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 list. University of New England is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Biddeford, Maine. It awarded 125 ’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our maine vets studying public health list, UNE has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.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. To help with additional expenses, 9 students received scholarships 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%.

Full UNE Veteran Student Life Report

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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 list. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is located in Standish, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 ’s public health degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Saint Joseph’s Maine, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 1,967 students enrolled at Saint Joseph’s College of 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. To help with additional expenses, 4 students qualified for 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%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Saint Joseph’s Maine]](/colleges/saint-josephs-college-of-maine/student-life/veterans/)

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