2023 Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maine
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$31,100
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Classics for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Classical & Ancient Studies is the 309th most popular major in the country with 275 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, classical and ancient studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $26,214 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 15 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,463 and $30,985 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality classical and ancient studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the classical and ancient studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 Classics 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 Classics for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Classics for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 1 Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maine
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Classics for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Colby College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Waterville, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s classics students in 2020-2021.
Colby not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list.Our most recent data shows that 12 of the 2,155 students enrolled at Colby were GI Bill® students, of which 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,447. In addition to receiving other benefits, 6 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. 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 Colby College]](/colleges/colby-college/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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