by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in special education. To top this list, a school must have a successful special education program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree special ed students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Farmington. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Farmington, Maine, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Maine at Farmington Special Education Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Special Ed Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a small school located in Standish, Maine that handed out 6 bachelors’s special ed degrees 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%.
Read full report on Special Education at Saint Joseph’s Maine
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