2022 Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Engineering Physics is the 239th most popular major in the country with 941 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering physics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $59,675 and had an average of $20,001 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 5 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 engineering physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering physics 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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Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree engineering physics students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$17,218 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Engineering Physics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s engineering physics degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $17,218 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Physics students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Maine.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 full report on Engineering Physics at UMaine

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Physics (Income $48-$75k)

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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