2021 Best Colleges in Maine for Students from Japan

It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for international students. At College Factual, we're committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our Best Colleges for Japanese Students in Maine ranking.

After analyzing 2 schools in Maine, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Japanese 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 quality as determined by our Best Colleges ranking and the percentage of international students on campus.

See what other factors we include in our ranking methodology.

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Top Colleges in Maine for Students from Japan

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Colby College
Waterville, ME

$61,220 Avg Tuition & Fees

8.6% International Students

Our analysis found Colby College to be the best school for Japanese students in Maine in this year’s ranking. Located in Waterville, Maine, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 711 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 8.6% are international. Students studying at Colby come from such countries as China, Canada, and India.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Colby College

2

Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME

$58,322 Avg Tuition & Fees

7.2% International Students

Out of the 2 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowdoin College landed the #2 spot on the list. Bowdoin is located in Brunswick, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 619 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

Of the total number of students at the school, 7.2% are international. Students from as far away as China, Canada, and South Korea come to Bowdoin to study.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Bowdoin College Report

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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.