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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Income Over $110k) in Maine

6 Ranked Colleges
249 Degrees Awarded
$31,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Conservation Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Making Over $110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 22,202 people earned their degree in natural resources conservation, making the major the 50th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, natural resources conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,654 and had an average of $25,969 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 294 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,350 and $32,378 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 249 natural resources conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in natural resources conservation. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality natural resources conservation 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 natural resources conservation 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 Vallue Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree conservation students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources Conservation (Income Over $110k) in Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized school located in Portland, Maine that handed out 23 bachelors’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $12,339 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Conservation students whose families make more than $110k.

Full University of Southern Maine Natural Resources Conservation Report

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 45 bachelors’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree conservation students whose families make more than $110k list, UMaine has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $17,558 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Conservation students whose families make more than $110k 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 Natural Resources Conservation at UMaine

#3

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, Maine

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowdoin College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Brunswick, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 37 degrees to qualified bachelors’s conservation students in 2019-2020.

Bowdoin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $21,910 for maine bachelor’s degree conservation students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Bowdoin.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Bowdoin Natural Resources Conservation Report

#4

Unity College

Unity, Maine
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Unity College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Unity, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s conservation students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree conservation students whose families make more than $110k list, Unity has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Unity is $26,080 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Conservation students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Unity College Natural Resources Conservation Report

#5

Bates College

Lewiston, Maine

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bates College landed the #5 spot on the list. Bates College is located in Lewiston, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s conservation degrees to qualified students.

Bates also made our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $29,321 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Conservation students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Bates.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Bates Natural Resources Conservation Report

#6

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

University of New England ranked #6 on this year’s Best Vallue Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k list. UNE is a medium-sized school located in Biddeford, Maine that handed out 13 bachelors’s conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

UNE not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Natural Resources Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend UNE is $34,118 for maine bachelor’s degree conservation students whose families make more than $110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Natural Resources Conservation at University of New England

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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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