by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine” ranking.
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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 80 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,243 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in education.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New England landed the #1 spot on the list. University of New England is a medium-sized school located in Biddeford, Maine that handed out 76 doctorate’s education degrees 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Maine. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s education students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
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