2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in Maine

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Maine” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 169,876 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, biological and biomedical sciences is the 9th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, biological and biomedical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,082 and had an average of $24,534 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 665 biological and biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,740 and $24,090 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 biological and biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,229 and $177,250 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great biological and biomedical sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the biological and biomedical sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Maine” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine doctor’s degree biological & biomedical sciences students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Maine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 9 doctorate’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at University of Maine

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Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Kelly White.

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