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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Science (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

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49 Degrees Awarded
$20,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Marine Science Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Marine Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 312 people earned their degree in marine science, making the major the 304th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, marine science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,200 and had an average of $21,630 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 64 marine science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $26,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 marine science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality marine science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the marine science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Marine Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Science (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#1 in overall quality
$20,312 Average Net Price
$32,569 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Marine Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k list. UMaine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 44 bachelors’s marine science degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #1 spot in our “Best Marine Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine is $20,312 for maine bachelor’s degree marine science students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%.

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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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