by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine” ranking - to help you make that decision.
With 99,265 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, accounting is the 8th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,712 and had an average of $26,539 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 203 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,530 and $34,202 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 34 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,263 and $19,245 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in accounting. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their accounting program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Presque Isle, Maine, this small public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s accounting students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Accounting at Northern Maine Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennebec Valley Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine list. Fairfield, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s accounting degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend York County Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine list. York County Community College is located in Wells, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 associates’s accounting degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Accounting at York County Community College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Maine Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine. Central Maine Technical College is a small school located in Auburn, Maine that handed out 8 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Husson University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine. Husson is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bangor, Maine. It awarded 5 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Beal College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine ranking, coming in at #6. Beal College is a small school located in Bangor, Maine that handed out 0 associates’s accounting degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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