2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physics (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Physics Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 14,123 people earned their degree in physics, making the major the 67th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, physics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $42,475 and had an average of $22,421 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 54 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,229 and $177,250 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the physics 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 Physics Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine doctor’s degree physics students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physics (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Physics Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 2 doctorate’s physics degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best Physics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Physics at University of Maine

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physics (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Physics (Income $75-$110k)

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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