2023 Most Popular Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,074 people earned their degree in adult and continuing education, making the major the 432nd most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 36 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in adult and continuing education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular adult and continuing education programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region adult and continuing ed students.

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the New England Region

1

University of Southern Maine
Portland, Maine

$42,906 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,664 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Southern Maine is a public institution located in Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 21 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at University of Southern Maine

2

University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

$51,207 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,269 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Adult and Continuing Ed Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Storrs, Connecticut, and it awarded 15 ’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full UCONN Adult & Continuing Education Report

• Most Popular Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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