2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Maine for Students from Thailand

International students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Value Colleges for Thai Students in Maine ranking - to help you make that decision.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Maine to determine which ones were the best for Thai students in Maine. Instead of depending on subjective information, we focus on objective factors to determine this ranking. These factors include such things as the total number of international students at the school and the school's overall value.

Find out more about our ranking methodology.

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Since one ranking on its own is not enough to give you a complete understanding of your educational options, you can refine this list by location. We've also developed a number of other tools and rankings based on other factors. These other rankings highlight colleges that excel in other factors such as quality or diversity as well as schools that excel in serving different groups of students such as online students or returnings adults.

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Top Value Colleges in Maine for Students from Thailand

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 Thai students in Maine in this year’s ranking. UMaine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 2,012 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 3.7% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at UMaine are China, Canada, and Saudi Arabia. International students at UMaine can expect to pay, on average, about $33,586 a year to attend the school. Graduate students pay around $29,490 a year in average tuition and fees.

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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 medium-sized public school situated in Portland, Maine. It awarded 1,275 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 0.8% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at University of Southern Maine are Nepal, Canada, and China. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at University of Southern Maine is about $23,881 a year, on average. 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.