2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 29,936 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 182 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $14,922 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 58 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$29,294 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New England. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Biddeford, Maine, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

UNE also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of New England is $29,294 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about General Education at UNE

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $0-$30k)

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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