Health Sciences & Services is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #30 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Maine to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of health sciences & services. Combined, these schools handed out 84 bachelor's degrees in health sciences & services to qualified students.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on health sciences & services students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other health sciences & services students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for health sciences & services to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health sciences & services related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for health sciences & services students working on their bachelor's degree.
The health science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maine.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Health Sciences & Services in Maine
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in health sciences & services.
Top Maine Schools for a Bachelor's in Health Science
University of New England is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in health sciences & services. UNE is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized suburb of Biddeford.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the health science program make around $30,169 in the first couple years of working.
Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in health sciences & services has to check out Husson University. Husson is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bangor.
Those health sciences & services students who get their bachelor's degree from Husson University make $5,096 more than the average health science graduate.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).