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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Maine” ranking.
Special Education is the 29th most popular major in the country with 36,792 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, special education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $45,679 and had an average of $24,977 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 115 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,828 and $27,902 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 special 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 Special Ed Major in Maine” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in special education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their special education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Maine” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Maine”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Farmington landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Maine at Farmington is a public institution located in Farmington, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Maine list. Located in Standish, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s special ed students 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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