2023 Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Maine to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine
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Our analysis found University of Maine to be the most popular school for students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Maine. UMaine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 130 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 73% were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UMaine. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 74% took at least some of their classes online.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Southern Maine is a great place for students working on their graduate certificate. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 87 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 75% were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at University of Southern Maine. In 2019-2020 about 94% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you attend University of New England. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in Biddeford, Maine, and it awarded 83 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 81% were women.
One thing to take note of is that UNE does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 50% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Farmington. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. Located in Farmington, Maine, the small public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Around 88% of those degree recipients were women.
Online graduate courses are available at UMaine Farmington, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 58% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. Saint Joseph’s Maine is located in Standish, Maine and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Around 56% 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.
Maine College of Art did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Maine College of Art is a private not-for-profit institution located in Portland, Maine. The school has a very small population, and it awarded 20 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 80% were women.
One thing to take note of is that Maine College of Art does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 11% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #7, Husson University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their graduate certificate. Husson is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bangor, Maine. It awarded 13 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 62% of those degree recipients were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Husson. In fact, around 75% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Unity College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in Unity, Maine, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Around 75% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, Unity is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
University of Maine at Augusta landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate programs.
One thing to take note of is that UMA does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 86% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 9 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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