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2022 Best Vallue Political Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k

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Best Vallue Political Science Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Making Over $110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Political Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Political Science & Government is the 21st most popular major in the country with 48,597 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, political science and government graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,977 and had an average of $22,822 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 316 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,867 and $18,199 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 316 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Political Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in political science and government. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality political science and government 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 political science and government 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 Vallue Political Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Political Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Political Science & Government (Income Over $110k) in Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Political Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k list. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s political science degrees to qualified students.

University of Southern Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $12,339 for maine bachelor’s degree political science students whose families make more than $110k.

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#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Political Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school handed out 49 degrees to qualified bachelors’s political science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree political science students whose families make more than $110k list, UMaine has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMaine is $17,558 for maine bachelor’s degree political science students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowdoin College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Political Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k list. This small school is located in Brunswick, Maine, and it awarded 84 bachelors’s political science degrees in 2019-2020.

Bowdoin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bowdoin is $21,910 for maine bachelor’s degree political science students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The 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. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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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#4

Bates College

Lewiston, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bates College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Political Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k list. Bates College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lewiston, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 76 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Bates also took the #2 spot in our “Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bates is $29,321 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Political Science students whose families make more than $110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low student loan default rate of 0.8% 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 more about Political Science & Government at Bates

#5

Colby College

Waterville, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colby College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Vallue Political Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Waterville, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 52 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s political science students in 2019-2020.

Colby did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Political Science & Government Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $17,777 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Political Science students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Colby.

The 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. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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%.

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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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