by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 327,871 education students received their degree, making the major the 4th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,202 and had an average of $24,437 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 1,288 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,369 and $31,957 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 394 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,463 and $30,985 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in education. That schools that top this list have a program in education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Farmington. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine list. Farmington, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 112 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Presque Isle. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine list. UMPI is a small school located in Presque Isle, Maine that handed out 14 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school handed out 157 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Thomas College landed the #4 spot on the list. Waterville, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine. Located in Standish, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Colby College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Waterville, Maine, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Bowdoin College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine ranking, coming in at #7. Brunswick, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Husson University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine ranking, coming in at #8. Husson University is a small school located in Bangor, Maine that handed out 18 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Southern Maine ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine list. University of Southern Maine is a public institution located in Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.
Read full report on Education at University of Southern Maine
With a ranking of #10, University of New England did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine list. Located in Biddeford, Maine, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Maine at Fort Kent came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine ranking. UMFK is a small school located in Fort Kent, Maine that handed out 1 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Maine at Augusta came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine ranking. Located in Augusta, Maine, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
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