Bachelor's · Standish, Maine
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at Saint Joseph's College of Maine worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $44,071
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $45,964
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $123k (likely $123k – $129k)
- 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
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$262k (likely −$363k – −$148k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$207k (likely −$402k – $16k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 56%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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AP classes
- AP Psychology
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- AP Statistics
IB Higher Level
- Psychology HL
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Other majors at Saint Joseph's College of Maine
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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
- University of Maine at Farmington$42,375
- University of Maine at Presque Isle$41,363
- Husson University$40,445