2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Maine

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Maine” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 40,555 people earned their degree in information technology, making the major the 42nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,525 and had an average of $26,794 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 133 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,168 and $31,564 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 43 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,463 and $30,985 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Maine” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in information technology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their information technology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree it students.

Top 6 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Maine

1

University of Maine at Augusta
Augusta, Maine

#14 overall quality in Maine

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Augusta landed the #1 spot on the list. UMA is a small public school situated in Augusta, Maine. It awarded 28 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Information Technology at UMA

2

Thomas College
Waterville, Maine

#15 overall quality in Maine

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Thomas College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Waterville, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s IT students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Information Technology at Thomas College

3

University of Southern Maine
Portland, Maine

#9 overall quality in Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Maine list. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s IT degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Information Technology at University of Southern Maine

4

University of Maine at Fort Kent
Fort Kent, Maine

#12 overall quality in Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Fort Kent. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Maine list. UMFK is a public institution located in Fort Kent, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full University of Maine at Fort Kent Information Technology Report

5

University of Maine at Farmington
Farmington, Maine

#11 overall quality in Maine

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Farmington landed the #5 spot on the list. UMaine Farmington is a small public school situated in Farmington, Maine. It awarded 0 bachelors’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Information Technology at University of Maine at Farmington

5

University of Maine at Presque Isle
Presque Isle, Maine

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on IT Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Presque Isle landed the #5 spot on the list. Presque Isle, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s IT degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Information Technology at University of Maine at Presque Isle

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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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.