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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$14,815 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$73,937 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, educational administration students earned 164 degrees and certificates from a Maine school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Maine to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for education admin students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education admin majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Educational Administration

Our 2023 rankings named Saint Joseph’s College of Maine the best value school in Maine for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Standish, Saint Joseph's Maine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Saint Joseph’s Maine are $9,766 per year.

Saint Joseph’s Maine also took the #2 spot in our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine rankings.

Full Educational Administration at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine Report

#2

University of Maine

Orono, ME

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMaine are $10,014 a year.

UMaine also took the #3 spot in our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. Located in the city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Southern Maine are $8,856 per year.

University of Southern Maine not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Farmington. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. UMaine Farmington is a small public school located in the remote town of Farmington.

UMaine Farmington graduate students pay an average of $11,038 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UMaine Farmington also made our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list, coming in at #4.

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#5

University of New England

Biddeford, ME

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of New England is a great value for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize suburb of Biddeford, UNE is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

UNE graduate students pay an average of $29,352 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNE did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list.

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Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Educational Administration Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 419
Massachusetts 776
Vermont 34
New Hampshire 335
Rhode Island 114

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, educational administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Education Admin Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Educational Leadership & Administration 32,837
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 4,709
Other Educational Administration & Supervision 2,247
Educational, Instructional, & Curriculum Supervision 1,727
Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship 1,572
Superintendency & Educational System Administration 1,107
Urban Education & Leadership 736
Adult & Continuing Education Administration 462
Secondary School Administration/Principalship 452
Community College Education 354
Administration of Special Education 186
Early Childhood Program Administration 70
International School Administration/Leadership 10

Majors Similar to Education Admin

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • 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 Shai-WMIL.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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