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2022 Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General English Literature is the 22nd most popular major in the country with 41,945 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general English literature graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,525 and had an average of $23,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 167 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,400 and $24,883 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 157 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general English literature. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general English literature 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 English literature 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 English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid.

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

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value English 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. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s English students in 2019-2020.

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

Full University of Southern Maine General English Literature Report

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. University of Maine is located in Orono, Maine and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s English degrees to qualified students.

UMaine also made our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $17,558 for maine bachelor’s degree english students with aid 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%.

Read more about General English Literature at University of Maine

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 Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. University of Maine at Farmington is a small school located in Farmington, Maine that handed out 12 bachelors’s English degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine Farmington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine at Farmington is $14,548 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree English students with aid.

Full UMaine Farmington General English Literature Report

#4

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, Maine

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowdoin College landed the #4 spot on the list. Bowdoin is located in Brunswick, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s English degrees to qualified students.

Bowdoin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bowdoin College is $21,910 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree English students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Bowdoin General English Literature Report

#5

Bates College

Lewiston, Maine

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bates College landed the #5 spot on the list. Bates is a small school located in Lewiston, Maine that handed out 16 bachelors’s English degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree english students with aid list, Bates has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $29,321 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree English students with aid per year to attend Bates College.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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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