2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music Education in Maine (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

Music Education is the 157th most popular major in the country with 4,774 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maine, there were 22 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 music education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in music education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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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 Music Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree music teacher education students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Music Education in Maine (With Aid)

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$12,339 Average Net Price

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 Music Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s music teacher education students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also took the #2 spot in our “Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $12,339 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Music Teacher Education students with aid.

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#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$17,558 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Music Teacher Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s music teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Music Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend UMaine is $17,558 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Music Teacher Education students with aid.

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%.

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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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