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. 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 a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 “Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 12 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in education. To top this list, a school must have a successful education program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree education students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s list. UMaine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 157 bachelors’s education degrees 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Farmington. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Farmington, Maine, and it awarded 112 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 12 schools in the Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Colby College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Waterville, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 23 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s list. Saint Joseph’s Maine is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Standish, Maine. It awarded 19 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Husson University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s list. Husson University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bangor, Maine. It awarded 18 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Maine at Presque Isle ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s 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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With a ranking of #6, University of Southern Maine did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s list. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 14 students 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%.
Bowdoin College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s list. 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.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Thomas College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Waterville, Maine, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
University of New England came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Biddeford, Maine, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 11 diplomas 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 did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Fort Kent, Maine, this small public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Maine at Augusta came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Education Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Maine at Augusta is located in Augusta, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
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