2025 Best Early Childhood Education Schools in Maine
4Colleges in Maine
93Child development Degrees Awarded
Ranked #34 in popularity, early childhood education is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Maine to determine which ones were the best for early childhood education students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 93 degrees in early childhood education to qualified students.
Your choice of early childhood education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for early childhood education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The child development school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Early Childhood Education Schools in Maine.
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Best Schools for Early Childhood Education in Maine
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the child development degree levels they offer.
University of Maine at Farmington is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in early childhood education. Located in the rural area of Farmington, UMaine Farmington is a public university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1227 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMaine Farmington is a great university overall.
There were roughly 19 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at UMaine Farmington in the most recent year we have data available.
Kennebec Valley Community College is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in early childhood education. Located in the town of Fairfield, Kennebec Valley Community College is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 14th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were approximately 28 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Kennebec Valley Community College in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in early childhood education has to look into Southern Maine Community College. Located in the city of South Portland, SMCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1341 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means SMCC is a great college overall.
There were roughly 18 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at SMCC in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in early childhood education has to check out Central Maine Community College. Central Maine Technical College is a small public college located in the city of Auburn. This college ranks 15th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were approximately 8 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Central Maine Technical College in the most recent data year.
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 early childhood education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for early childhood education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
