2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 195,678 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,611 and had an average of $25,989 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 547 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,186 and $32,602 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,263 and $19,245 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in psychology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their psychology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine

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

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Psychology in Maine

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Kennebec Valley Community College
Fairfield, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennebec Valley Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine list. This small school is located in Fairfield, Maine, and it awarded 3 associates’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Kennebec Valley Community College Psychology Report

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Saint Joseph's College of Maine
Standish, Maine

#10 overall quality in Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine list. This small school is located in Standish, Maine, and it awarded 1 associates’s psychology 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 more about Psychology at Saint Joseph’s College of 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.

Credits

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