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2023 Best Value Area Studies Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
75 Degrees Awarded
$22,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Area Studies Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid

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 Area Studies Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Area Studies is the 115th most popular major in the country with 6,966 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, area studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $33,127 and had an average of $20,927 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 75 area studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,244 and $19,500 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great area studies 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 area studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Area Studies Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Area Studies Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine area studies students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Area Studies in Maine (With Aid)

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Bowdoin College
Brunswick, Maine

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Area Studies Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowdoin College landed the #1 spot on the list. Brunswick, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s area studies degrees to 51 students in 2020-2021.

Bowdoin also took the #1 spot in our “Best Area Studies Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bowdoin is $22,840 for maine area studies students with aid.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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