2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in Maine

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Registered Nursing is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 266,651 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Maine, there were 927 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,717 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in Maine” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in registered nursing. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in registered nursing.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in Maine”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in Maine

1

University of Maine
Orono, Maine

#6 overall quality in Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in Maine list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 11 masters’s registered nursing degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Registered Nursing at University of Maine

2

Beal College
Bangor, Maine

#19 overall quality in Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Beal College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in Maine list. Located in Bangor, Maine, this small private for-profit school awarded 76 diplomas to qualified masters’s registered nursing students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Full Beal College Registered Nursing Report

2

University of Southern Maine
Portland, Maine

#9 overall quality in Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in Maine. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school handed out 202 degrees to qualified masters’s registered nursing students 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 Registered Nursing at University of Southern Maine

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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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