by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Economics Major in Maine” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Economics is the 29th most popular major in the country with 25,066 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Maine, there were 37 general economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 37 general economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,251 and $23,910 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Economics Major in Maine” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general economics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general economics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The general economics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Economics Major in Maine”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree general economics students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Economics Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. UMaine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 25 bachelors’s general economics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national 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 #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Economics Major in Maine. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general economics students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colby College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Economics Major in Maine. Located in Waterville, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general economics students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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.
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