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2023 Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine

5 Schools Ranked

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Maine to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.

Learn more about these popular schools below:

#1

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine
79 Total Awards
$29,352 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of New England to be the most popular school for teaching students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Maine. UNE is a private not-for-profit institution located in Biddeford, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 79 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 80% were women.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UNE. In 2019-2020 about 50% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
66 Total Awards
$10,014 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Maine is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. University of Maine is a fairly large public school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 66 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 89% were women.

Online graduate courses are available at UMaine, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 74% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#3

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine
40 Total Awards
$8,856 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. University of Southern Maine is a public institution located in Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 40 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Around 85% of those degree recipients were women.

University of Southern Maine does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 94% took at least some of their classes online.

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25 Total Awards
$11,038 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Maine at Farmington is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. UMaine Farmington is a small public school situated in Farmington, Maine. It awarded 25 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Around 88% of those degree recipients were women.

One thing to take note of is that UMaine Farmington does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 58% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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1 Total Awards

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teaching schools in Maine. Saint Joseph’s Maine is located in Standish, Maine and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 graduate certificates to qualified students.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

Saint Joseph’s Maine is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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