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2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

10 Ranked Colleges
1,193 Degrees Awarded
$17,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 934,088 health professions students received their degree, making the major the 2nd most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $44,506 and had an average of $32,284 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 3,331 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,465 and $41,967 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,193 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in health professions. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health professions 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 health professions program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine.

Top 10 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Health Professions in Maine

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Fort Kent. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine. This small school is located in Fort Kent, Maine, and it awarded 169 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree health professions students list, UMFK has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMFK is $11,589 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Health Professions students.

Read full report on Health Professions at University of Maine at Fort Kent

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Maine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 125 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #1 spot in our “Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine is $17,558 for maine bachelor’s degree health professions students.

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 Health Professions at University of Maine

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Farmington landed the #3 spot on the list. Farmington, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health professions degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree health professions students list, UMaine Farmington has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine at Farmington is $14,548 for maine bachelor’s degree health professions students.

Full UMaine Farmington Health Professions Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine. University of Southern Maine is a public institution located in Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 232 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $12,339 for maine bachelor’s degree health professions students per year to attend University of Southern Maine.

Read more about Health Professions at University of Southern Maine

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Maine College of Health Professions landed the #5 spot on the list. MCHP is located in Lewiston, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s health professions degrees to qualified students.

MCHP also made our “Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for MCHP is $16,172 for maine bachelor’s degree health professions students.

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.

Read more about Health Professions at Maine College of Health Professions

#9 in overall quality

University of Maine at Presque Isle ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine list. Presque Isle, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health professions degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UMPI also made our “Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #9. It costs about $10,637 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Health Professions students per year to attend University of Maine at Presque Isle.

Read more about Health Professions at University of Maine at Presque Isle

#10 in overall quality

University of Maine at Augusta did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine ranking, coming in at #7. UMA is a public institution located in Augusta, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 106 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMA also took the #10 spot in our “Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $10,631 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Health Professions students per year to attend University of Maine at Augusta.

Read more about Health Professions at UMA

#8

Husson University

Bangor, Maine
#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Husson University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine list. This small school is located in Bangor, Maine, and it awarded 148 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Husson, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Husson is $18,286 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Health Professions students.

Full Husson University Health Professions Report

#3 in overall quality

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine ranking. Standish, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s health professions degrees to 113 students in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine also made our “Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Saint Joseph’s Maine is $26,929 for maine bachelor’s degree health professions students.

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 Health Professions at Saint Joseph’s Maine

#10

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine
#2 in overall quality

University of New England landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine ranking. University of New England is a medium-sized school located in Biddeford, Maine that handed out 255 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

UNE also took the #2 spot in our “Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $34,118 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Health Professions students per year to attend University of New England.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Health Professions at UNE

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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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