2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Education in Maine

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 29,810 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,719 and had an average of $23,394 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 153 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,907 and $14,725 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 Education Major in Maine” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general education. That schools that top this list have a program in general education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine”.

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

1

York County Community College
Wells, Maine

#13 overall quality in Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend York County Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine. Located in Wells, Maine, this small public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified associates’s education students in 2020-2021.

Full York County Community College General Education Report

2

Southern Maine Community College
South Portland, Maine

#16 overall quality in Maine

$14,725 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine list. Southern Maine Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in South Portland, Maine. It awarded 18 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Education at Southern Maine Community College

3

Eastern Maine Community College
Bangor, Maine

#18 overall quality in Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Maine Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine. Eastern Maine Community College is a public institution located in Bangor, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Eastern Maine Community College General Education Report

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 Education Major in Maine. Located in Auburn, Maine, this small public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified associates’s education students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Education at Central Maine Community College

5

Washington County Community College
Calais, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington County Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine list. Located in Calais, Maine, this small public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified associates’s education students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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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