Special Education is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #29 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Maine to determine which ones were the best for special education students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 124 degrees in special education to qualified students.
Your choice of special education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Special Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Best Special Education Schools in Maine list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of special ed degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Maine at Farmington is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in special education. Located in the remote town of Farmington, UMaine Farmington is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 9th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were roughly 21 special education students who graduated with this degree at UMaine Farmington in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the special ed program report average early career earnings of $34,672.
It's difficult to beat University of Southern Maine if you want to pursue a degree in special education. Located in the city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1158 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Southern Maine is a great university overall.
There were roughly 50 special education students who graduated with this degree at University of Southern Maine in the most recent year we have data available. Those special education students who get their degree from University of Southern Maine earn $4,488 more than the typical special ed grad.
University of Maine is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in special education. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 19th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were approximately 50 special education students who graduated with this degree at UMaine in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the special ed program state that they receive average early career income of $40,495.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Your choice of special education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Special Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
