2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Education in Maine

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Education Major in Maine” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 29,810 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 153 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 42 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,263 and $19,245 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Education Major in Maine” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general education.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Education Major in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree general education students.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Education in Maine

1

York County Community College
Wells, Maine

#13 overall quality in Maine

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Education Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, York County Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. York County Community College is a small school located in Wells, Maine that handed out 7 associates’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.

Full York County Community College General Education Report

2

Southern Maine Community College
South Portland, Maine

#16 overall quality in Maine

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Education Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. South Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general education degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.

Full Southern Maine Community College General Education Report

3

Eastern Maine Community College
Bangor, Maine

#18 overall quality in Maine

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Education Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Maine Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Eastern Maine Community College is a small public school situated in Bangor, Maine. It awarded 9 associates’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Education at Eastern Maine Community College

4

Central Maine Community College
Auburn, Maine

#17 overall quality in Maine

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 General Education Major in Maine. Central Maine Community College is a small school located in Auburn, Maine that handed out 8 associates’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Education at Central Maine Community College

5

Washington County Community College
Calais, Maine

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Education Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington County Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Washington County Community College is a public institution located in Calais, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read more about General Education at Washington County Community College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Education in the New England Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Education

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.

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