2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Maine

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With 129,869 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, general studies is the 5th most popular major in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 152 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 107 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,263 and $19,245 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Maine” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general studies. That schools that top this list have a program in general studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree general studies students.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Studies in Maine

1

Central Maine Community College
Auburn, Maine

#17 overall quality in Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Maine Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Maine list. Auburn, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general studies degrees to 64 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Studies at Central Maine Community College

2

Kennebec Valley Community College
Fairfield, Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kennebec Valley Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Maine. Fairfield, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general studies degrees to 42 students in 2020-2021.

Full Kennebec Valley Community College General Studies Report

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Saint Joseph's College of Maine
Standish, Maine

#10 overall quality in Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Maine. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Standish, Maine. It awarded 1 associates’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.

Read full report on General Studies at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Studies in the New England Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Studies

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.