by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
With 143,648 degrees handed out in 2021-2022, general psychology is the 4th most popular major in the United States.
Across Maine, there were 330 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 319 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,251 and $23,910 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in general psychology. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general psychology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree psychology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Farmington. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine list. University of Maine at Farmington is a small public school situated in Farmington, Maine. It awarded 38 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Thomas College landed the #2 spot on the list. Thomas College is a small school located in Waterville, Maine that handed out 18 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colby College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine list. Colby is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waterville, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The undergraduate 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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Presque Isle. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine. This small school is located in Presque Isle, Maine, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 56 bachelors’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Maine ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 90 degrees to qualified bachelors’s psychology students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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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Husson University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine ranking. Bangor, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s psychology degrees to 42 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine ranking, coming in at #8. Standish, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s psychology degrees to 9 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate 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.
Read full report on General Psychology at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine
University of New England came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine ranking. Biddeford, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s psychology degrees to 15 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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