2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Chemistry in Maine (With Aid)

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In 2019-2020, 21,951 people earned their degree in chemistry, making the major the 44th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, chemistry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,704 and had an average of $22,279 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 54 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 50 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great chemistry programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the chemistry program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree chemistry students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Chemistry in Maine (With Aid)

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$17,558 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s chemistry degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $17,558 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students with aid per year to attend UMaine.

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%.

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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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