Looking for a way for a better income and career?

Did you know that a bachelor’s degree from college is worth about $23,000 a year? That is the average gap in earnings between adults with bachelor’s degrees and those with high school diplomas, according to data recently released from the U.S. Census Bureau.

College can be the key to your future and the Hutchinson Center can get you started. The University of Maine Hutchinson Center offers free advising, career planning and course selection, financial aid assistance, tutoring, mentoring and scholarship assistance.

You can start with just a few courses or go full time and earn either a bachelor’s or graduate degree right in Belfast. Undergraduate degrees include Tourism, Social Work, Business, Psychology and Liberal Studies. Do you have college credits from years ago and want to convert to a college degree? The Bachelor’s of University Studies degrees allows you to transfer many, if not all, your previous credits while you take 30 credit hours from the Orono campus to earn the B.U.S. For those 18 to 24 years old beginning or thinking of beginning college, ask about our Black Bear Bridge College program tailor made just for you!

Interested in graduate work? The Hutchinson offers master’s degrees in: Special Education, Social Work (MSW), Business (MBA), Educational Leadership as well as other individual courses in many other fields.

What do you get? Small class size, modern facility and technological resources, friendly staff, and financial and personal benefits of staying local (no need for room and board, save on gas and other transportation expenses, as well as both daytime and evening classes, and more).

Please contact the Hutchinson Center to meet with an advisor, for help with financial aid or scholarship assistance call 338-8000, toll free 800-753-9044