2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Communication Sciences is the 48th most popular major in the country with 21,991 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, communication sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,716 and had an average of $35,422 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 53 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $28,658 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 communication sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the communication sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$20,312 Average Net Price

$33,459 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Communication Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 39 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s communication sciences students in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend UMaine is $20,312 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Communication Sciences students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication Sciences (Income $75-$110k)

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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