2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Maine for Students from Saudi Arabia

When pursuing a degree in today's world, international students have many different options to choose from. 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 Colleges for Saudi Arabian Students in Maine ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

After analyzing 2 schools in Maine, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Saudi Arabian students in Maine. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall value as determined by our Best Colleges for the Money ranking and the percentage of international students on campus.

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Top Value Colleges in Maine for Students from Saudi Arabia

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Maine
Orono, ME

$33,586 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

3.7% International Students

Our analysis found University of Maine to be the best affordable school for Saudi Arabian students in Maine in this year’s ranking. This fairly large public school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 2,012 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 3.7% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at UMaine are China, Canada, and Saudi Arabia. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at UMaine is about $33,586 a year, on average. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $29,490 per year.

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2

University of Southern Maine
Portland, ME

$23,881 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

0.8% International Students

Out of the 2 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Southern Maine is a public institution located in Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1,275 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 0.8% of the total student body at the school. The top three countries sending students to study at University of Southern Maine are Nepal, Canada, and China. International students at University of Southern Maine can expect to pay, on average, about $23,881 a year to attend the school. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $22,968 per year.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.