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

5 Ranked Colleges
157 Degrees Awarded
$19,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value English Language Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value English Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

English is the 15th most popular major in the country with 41,945 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maine, there were 167 English graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 157 English graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value English Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in English. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent English programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the English 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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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 English Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value English Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree english language students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for English in Maine (With Aid)

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value English Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public school situated in Portland, Maine. It awarded 27 bachelors’s English language degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best English Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Southern Maine is $12,339 for maine bachelor’s degree english language students with aid.

Read more about English at University of Southern Maine

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value English Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s English language degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best English Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine is $17,558 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree English Language students with aid.

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%.

Read more about English at University of Maine

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Farmington. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value English Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Farmington, Maine, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s English language degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine Farmington also took the #5 spot in our “Best English Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMaine Farmington is $14,548 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree English Language students with aid.

Read more about English at University of Maine at Farmington

#4

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, Maine
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowdoin College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value English Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. Bowdoin is located in Brunswick, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s English language degrees to qualified students.

Bowdoin also made our “Best English Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $21,910 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree English Language students with aid per year to attend Bowdoin College.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 English at Bowdoin College

#5

Bates College

Lewiston, Maine
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bates College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value English Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid. Bates College is a small school located in Lewiston, Maine that handed out 16 bachelors’s English language degrees in 2019-2020.

Bates also made our “Best English Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $29,321 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree English Language students with aid per year to attend Bates College.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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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