Bachelor's · Farmington, Maine
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at University of Maine at Farmington worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 19.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $44,398
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $45,516
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $21,250
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $73k (likely $73k – $97k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $6k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in ME
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 19.7 years (likely 10.5–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$208k (likely −$276k – −$163k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$167k (likely −$249k – −$83k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 50%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Students heading toward teaching & helping people majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.
AP classes
- AP Psychology
- AP English Language and Composition
- AP Statistics
IB Higher Level
- Psychology HL
- Language A HL
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Other majors at University of Maine at Farmington
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$61,712
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- Business/Managerial Economics (Bachelor's)$43,991
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- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies (Bachelor's)$40,081
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Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in Maine
- Thomas College$46,988
- University of Maine$45,122
- Saint Joseph's College of Maine$42,792
- University of Maine at Presque Isle$41,363
- Husson University$40,445