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2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
440 Degrees Awarded
$16,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 310,601 education students received their degree, making the major the 4th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,887 and had an average of $30,244 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 1,319 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,579 and $29,999 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 440 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Education (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $9,295 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Education at University of Southern Maine

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Farmington landed the #2 spot on the list. UMaine Farmington is a small school located in Farmington, Maine that handed out 118 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $30-$48k list, UMaine Farmington has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine at Farmington is $12,630 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Education at University of Maine at Farmington

#3

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school handed out 144 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMaine, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $14,458 for maine bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Maine.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Maine Education Report

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Presque Isle landed the #4 spot on the list. UMPI is located in Presque Isle, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $30-$48k list, UMPI has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $9,279 for maine bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UMPI.

Read more about Education at University of Maine at Presque Isle

#5

Husson University

Bangor, Maine
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Husson University landed the #5 spot on the list. Husson is a small school located in Bangor, Maine that handed out 26 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Husson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $13,868 for maine bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Husson University.

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#4 in overall quality

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Saint Joseph’s Maine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Standish, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend Saint Joseph’s Maine is $23,029 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Saint Joseph’s Maine Education Report

#7

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, University of New England did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k list. UNE is a private not-for-profit institution located in Biddeford, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNE also made our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of New England is $30,029 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Education at UNE

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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