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2023 Best Value General Education Basic Certificate Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$11,986 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best General Education Basic Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, general education was ranked 4th in Maine. In fact, 151 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which teaching program is right for you. 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 General Education Basic Certificate Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

Check out the education basic certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best General Education Basic Certificate School

#1

University of Maine

Orono, ME

Our analysis found University of Maine to be the best value school for general education students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Maine. Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMaine are $11,986 a year.

UMaine did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best General Education Basic Certificate Schools in Maine list.

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Best Value General Education Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value General Education Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 368
Massachusetts 1,285
Vermont 137
New Hampshire 319
Rhode Island 64

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

Education Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Education 29,810

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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 KOKUYO.

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