2023 Best Theology & Religious Vocations Colleges for Veterans in Maine
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Ranked Colleges
50
Degrees Awarded
$35,100
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Theology & Religious Vocations” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 27,459 people earned their degree in theology and religious vocations, making the major the 26th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, theology and religious vocations graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,020 and had an average of $26,322 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 50 theology and religious vocations graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,349 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great theology and religious vocations 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 theology and religious vocations program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Theology & Religious Vocations
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Theology & Religious Vocations”.
Top 1 Best Theology & Religious Vocations Colleges for Veterans in Maine
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Theology & Religious Vocations. Standish, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s theology and religious vocations degrees to 50 students in 2020-2021.
Saint Joseph’s Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.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 Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,527. To help with additional expenses, 4 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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 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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