2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Psychology in Maine
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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.
In 2021-2022, 143,648 general psychology students received their degree, making the major the 4th most popular in the country.
Across Maine, there were 330 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,150 and $13,591 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general psychology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general psychology.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The psychology 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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine”.
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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 General Psychology in Maine
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennebec Valley Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Kennebec Valley Community College is a public institution located in Fairfield, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Psychology at Kennebec Valley Community College
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. Located in Standish, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified associates’s psychology students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Saint Joseph’s College of Maine General Psychology Report
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
- *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.
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