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2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
407 Degrees Awarded
$23,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Natural Resources & Conservation is the 26th most popular major in the country with 30,341 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, natural resources and conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,196 and had an average of $25,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 481 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,914 and $30,431 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 407 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources and conservation. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great natural resources and conservation programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the natural resources and conservation 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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Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation in Maine (With Aid)

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine
#6 in overall quality
$12,339 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also took the #6 spot in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $12,339 for maine bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students with aid per year to attend University of Southern Maine.

Full University of Southern Maine Natural Resources & Conservation Report

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#4 in overall quality
$17,558 Average Net Price

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Maine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 100 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $17,558 for maine bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students with aid per year to attend UMaine.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Natural Resources & Conservation at UMaine

#3

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, Maine
#1 in overall quality
$21,910 Average Net Price

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowdoin College landed the #3 spot on the list. Bowdoin is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Brunswick, Maine. It awarded 37 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees 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. The yearly cost to attend Bowdoin College is $21,910 for maine bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students with aid.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. 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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at Bowdoin

#4

Bates College

Lewiston, Maine
#2 in overall quality
$29,321 Average Net Price

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bates College landed the #4 spot on the list. Bates College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lewiston, Maine. It awarded 30 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

Bates not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $29,321 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students with aid per year to attend Bates.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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. The low student loan default rate of 0.8% 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 more about Natural Resources & Conservation at Bates College

#5

Unity College

Unity, Maine
#5 in overall quality
$26,080 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Unity College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Unity, Maine, and it awarded 110 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

Unity not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $26,080 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students with aid per year to attend Unity College.

Read full report on Natural Resources & Conservation at Unity

#6

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine
#3 in overall quality
$34,118 Average Net Price

University of New England did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. University of New England is a medium-sized school located in Biddeford, Maine that handed out 13 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students with aid list, UNE has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNE is $34,118 for maine bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students with aid.

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 UNE

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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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