Liberal Arts is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #2 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in Maine to determine which ones were the best for liberal arts students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 478 degrees in liberal arts to qualified students.
Your choice of liberal arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Liberal Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Liberal Arts Schools in Maine ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of liberal studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in liberal arts needs to take a look at University of Southern Maine. University of Southern Maine is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Portland. A Best Colleges rank of #1158 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Southern Maine is a great university overall.
There were approximately 22 liberal arts students who graduated with this degree at University of Southern Maine in the most recent data year.
Southern Maine Community College is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in liberal arts. SMCC is a medium-sized public college located in the small city of South Portland. A Best Colleges rank of #1760 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means SMCC is a great college overall.
There were roughly 144 liberal arts students who graduated with this degree at SMCC in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat University of Maine at Augusta if you wish to pursue a degree in liberal arts. Located in the distant town of Augusta, UMA is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 16th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were roughly 143 liberal arts students who graduated with this degree at UMA in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Central Maine Community College if you want to pursue a degree in liberal arts. Central Maine Technical College is a small public college located in the rural area of Auburn. This college ranks 15th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were roughly 5 liberal arts students who graduated with this degree at Central Maine Technical College in the most recent year we have data available.
Northern Maine Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in liberal arts. Northern Maine Community College is a small public college located in the town of Presque Isle.
There were approximately 11 liberal arts students who graduated with this degree at Northern Maine Community College in the most recent data year.
York County Community College is a small public college located in the rural area of Wells.
There were approximately 20 liberal arts students who graduated with this degree at York County Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
UMaine is a large public university located in the small suburb of Orono. This university ranks 19th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were approximately 43 liberal arts students who graduated with this degree at UMaine in the most recent year we have data available.
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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Your choice of liberal arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Liberal Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
