2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for General Education in Maine

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general education programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for an Associate”.

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

1

Southern Maine Community College
South Portland, Maine

#16 overall quality in Maine

$14,725 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Maine Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for an Associate. Southern Maine Community College is located in South Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 associates’s education degrees to qualified students.

Full Southern Maine Community College General Education Report

2

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 #2 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for an Associate. Located in Bangor, Maine, this small public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified associates’s education students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Education at Eastern Maine Community College

3

Central Maine Community College
Auburn, Maine

#17 overall quality in Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Maine Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for an Associate list. Central Maine Community College is a small public school situated in Auburn, Maine. It awarded 8 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Education at Central Maine Community College

4

York County Community College
Wells, Maine

#13 overall quality in Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend York County Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for an Associate list. This small school is located in Wells, Maine, and it awarded 7 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Education at York County 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 Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for an Associate list. This small school is located in Calais, Maine, and it awarded 0 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on General Education at Washington County Community College

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