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Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine

2023 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine

5 Schools Ranked

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamp that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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Top Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine

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#1

Husson University

Bangor, Maine
24 Total Awards
$19,532 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Husson University the best school in Maine for students working on their graduate certificate. Bangor, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 24 students in .

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Husson. In 2022-2023 about 66% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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40 Total Awards

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Maine. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a small private not-for-profit school located in Standish, Maine that handed out 40 graduate certificates in .

If you are interested in distance education, Saint Joseph’s Maine is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.

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#3

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
184 Total Awards
$10,446 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the # 3 spot on the list. UMaine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 184 graduate certificates in .

One thing to take note of is that UMaine does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2022-2023 year, about 63% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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5 Total Awards
$11,540 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Farmington landed the # 4 spot on the list. UMaine Farmington is located in Farmington, Maine and has a small student population. In , this school awarded 5 graduate certificates to qualified students.

UMaine Farmington does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2022-2023 academic year, around 100% took at least some of their classes online.

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#5

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine
104 Total Awards
$9,594 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Southern Maine helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Maine. Located in Portland, Maine, the medium-sized public school handed out 104 graduate certificate awards in .

Online graduate courses are available at University of Southern Maine, 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, 73% of graduates took at least one course online in 2022-2023.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

References

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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%.

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