2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for General Studies in Maine

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 General Studies Major in Maine for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 129,869 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

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 “Most Well Attended General Studies Major in Maine for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general studies.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended General Studies Major in Maine for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended General Studies Major in Maine for an Associate”.

Top 3 Most Popular 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 Most Well Attended General Studies Major in Maine for an Associate list. Located in Auburn, Maine, this small public school awarded 64 diplomas to qualified associates’s general studies students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Studies at Central Maine Technical 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 Most Well Attended General Studies Major in Maine for an Associate. 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.

Read more about General Studies at Kennebec Valley Community College

3

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 Most Well Attended General Studies Major in Maine for an Associate. This small school is located in Standish, Maine, and 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%.

Full Saint Joseph’s Maine General Studies Report

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