2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Sciences (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 Marine Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Marine Sciences is the 738th most popular major in the country with 312 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maine, there were 64 marine sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 marine sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality marine 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 marine sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Marine Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Marine Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$13,989 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Marine Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 44 degrees to qualified bachelors’s marine sciences students in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best Marine Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $13,989 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Marine Sciences students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Maine.

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%.

Read full report on Marine Sciences at UMaine

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Sciences (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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