2022 Best Value General Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

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 “Best Value General Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Economics is the 22nd most popular major in the country with 31,150 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maine, there were 45 general economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 general economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general economics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general economics 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 general economics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree general economics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Economics (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$8,753 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 General Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s general economics degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $8,753 for maine bachelor’s degree general economics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on General Economics at University of Southern Maine

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$13,989 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s general economics degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best General Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for UMaine is $13,989 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree General Economics students whose families make $0-$30k.

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 General Economics at UMaine

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Economics (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Economics (Income $0-$30k)

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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