PayScale ranks ϶number one return on investment in Maine
PayScale, a national firm providing data and insights about salary and careers, has cited ϶ as the top career return on investment (ROI) for colleges and universities in Maine.
The 2014 PayScale College ROI Report of 1,310 colleges and universities lists ϶as the number-one Maine institution for 20-year return on investment. The listing includes both public and private institutions in Maine.
Nationally, ϶placed #188 of the 1,310 schools ranked, placing it in the top 15 percent of public and private higher education institutions in the country.
In 2013, PayScale cited the ϶ as second in the nation for alumni reporting high job-meaning. “Schools with large healthcare and education programs also are represented well when looking at the percentage of alumni reporting high job meaning post-graduation. The top three schools for high job meaning were Thomas Jefferson University (84 percent), ϶ (82 percent) and Trident University International (81 percent).” - .
϶President Danielle Ripich, PhD, states, “The PayScale ROI ranking affirms what we already know about ϶graduates – they are top-quality, knowledgeable, and highly sought after—and reflective of the education and training they’ve acquired at UNE. Their investment in a ϶education benefits them throughout their long and successful careers.”
A recent survey of the ϶Class of 2013 six months after graduation confirmed that 89 percent of ϶graduate respondents were either employed in their field or had been accepted into graduate school (6 percent were awaiting graduate school admission).
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