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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Classical & Ancient Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

1 Ranked Colleges
13 Degrees Awarded
$13,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 262 people earned their degree in classical and ancient studies, making the major the 300th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, classical and ancient studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $21,133 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 13 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 classical and ancient studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent classical and ancient studies programs, but they also cost less that 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 classical and ancient studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Classical & Ancient Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

#1

Colby College

Waterville, Maine
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Classics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colby College landed the #1 spot on the list. Colby College is a small school located in Waterville, Maine that handed out 5 bachelors’s classics degrees in 2019-2020.

Colby not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Classical & Ancient Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $13,413 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Classics students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Colby College.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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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