2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International/Globalization Studies (Income $0-$30k) 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 Global Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

International/Globalization Studies is the 99th most popular major in the country with 7,874 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maine, there were 56 international/globalization studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 47 international/globalization 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 international/globalization studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the international/globalization studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The global studies 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 “Best Value Global Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Global Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree global studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International/Globalization Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

Colby College

Waterville, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$2,335 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colby College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Global Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Colby College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Waterville, Maine. It awarded 41 bachelors’s global studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colby, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best International/Globalization Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Colby is $2,335 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Global Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on International/Globalization Studies at Colby College

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International/Globalization Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International/Globalization Studies (Income $0-$30k)

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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