2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Resource Management for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Resource Management for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Natural Resource Management is the 178th most popular major in the country with 2,933 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, natural resource management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,190 and had an average of $25,062 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 49 natural resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,677 and $27,000 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural resource management programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the natural resource management program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The resource management 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 Resource Management for a Master’s”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Resource Management for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for maine master’s degree vets studying resource management.
Top 1 Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Maine
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Unity College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Resource Management for a Master’s list. Unity is a private not-for-profit institution located in Unity, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Unity did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Natural Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list.Our most recent data shows that 38 of the 1,429 students enrolled at Unity College were GI Bill® students, of which 24 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,720. To help with additional expenses, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Unity College]](/colleges/unity-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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