2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Fine & Studio Arts is the 29th most popular major in the country with 39,860 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, fine and studio arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,847 and had an average of $28,316 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 162 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $18,300 and $23,849 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 137 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in fine and studio arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fine and studio arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fine and studio arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$8,753 Average Net Price

$24,730 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Southern Maine is a public institution located in Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for University of Southern Maine is $8,753 for maine bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$13,989 Average Net Price

$28,598 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. UMaine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 17 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #1 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMaine is $13,989 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at UMaine

#3

University of Maine at Farmington

Farmington, Maine

#4 in overall quality

$11,215 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Farmington. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. UMaine Farmington is a public institution located in Farmington, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine Farmington also took the #4 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMaine Farmington is $11,215 for maine bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full UMaine Farmington Fine & Studio Arts Report

#4

Maine College of Art

Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$28,633 Average Net Price

$18,498 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Maine College of Art landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Maine College of Art not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $28,633 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Maine College of Art.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Maine College of Art

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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