2025 Best Curriculum & Instruction Master's Degree Schools in Maine

If you pursue a master's degree in curriculum & instruction, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #13 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Curriculum & Instruction Master's Degree Schools in Maine ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 44 master's degrees in curriculum & instruction during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to curriculum & instruction students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other curriculum & instruction students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for curriculum & instruction to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized curriculum & instruction related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for curriculum & instruction students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Curriculum & Instruction Master's Degree Schools in Maine list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Curriculum & Instruction in Maine

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in curriculum & instruction.

Top Maine Schools for a Master's in Curriculum

1

University of Southern Maine
Portland, ME

23 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Southern Maine if you want to pursue a master's degree in curriculum & instruction. Located in the small city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in curriculum & instruction from University of Southern Maine

2

University of Maine
Orono, ME

21 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in curriculum & instruction needs to check out University of Maine. Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in curriculum & instruction from University of Maine

Best Curriculum & Instruction Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Curriculum & Instruction Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	649
Connecticut	153	195
New Hampshire	108	223
Vermont	91	24

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Rankings in Majors Related to Curriculum

One of 14 majors within the Education area of study, Curriculum & Instruction has other similar majors worth exploring.

Curriculum Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Curriculum & Instruction	44

Majors Similar to Curriculum

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific	126
Educational Administration	112
Special Education	87
Teacher Education Subject Specific	56
Teaching English or French	51
General Education	43
Student Counseling	39
Instructional Media Design	18

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Disarnot. More about our data sources and methodologies.