Ranked #84 in popularity, secondary education is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Maine to determine which ones were the best for secondary education students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 60 degrees in secondary education during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The secondary teaching program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Secondary Education rankings. For our Best Overall Secondary Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Best Secondary Education Schools in Maine list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the secondary teaching degree levels they offer.
Every student pursuing a degree in secondary education needs to check out University of New England. UNE is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the midsize suburb of Biddeford. A Best Colleges rank of #709 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UNE is a great university overall.
There were approximately 3 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at UNE in the most recent data year.
University of Maine at Farmington is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in secondary education. Located in the remote town of Farmington, UMaine Farmington is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 9th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were approximately 11 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at UMaine Farmington in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in secondary education has to look into University of Maine. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 19th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were approximately 34 secondary education students who graduated with this degree at UMaine in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The secondary teaching program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Secondary Education rankings. For our Best Overall Secondary Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
