by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Maine” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2021-2022, 35,973 people earned their degree in special education, making the major the 29th most popular in the United States. In , special education graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $45,680 and had an average of $27,516 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 124 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,828 and $30,049 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Maine” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in special education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in special education.
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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 “Schools Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Maine” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maine special ed students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Farmington. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Maine. This small school is located in Farmington, Maine, and it awarded 21 ’s special ed degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized school located in Portland, Maine that handed out 50 ’s special ed degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 Special Education at University of Southern 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 Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Maine. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a small school located in Standish, Maine that handed out 3 ’s special ed degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Special Ed Major in Maine list. University of Maine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 50 ’s special ed degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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