Student athletes have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we're committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our Best Colleges for Men's Basketball in Maine ranking.
After analyzing 10 schools in Maine, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Men's Basketball athletes in Maine. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall quality and the athletic competitiveness of the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another. So, even if a school has a great team, it won't place well if it is also considered a low quality college or university.
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Top Colleges in Maine for Men's Basketball athletes in Maine
Our analysis found Bates College to be the best school for Men’s Basketball athletes in Maine in this year’s ranking. Lewiston, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 601 students in .
The Men’s Basketball team at Bates made $337,379 in revenue, while incurring $305,152 in expenses. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $32,227.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. Bates not only placed well in this ranking, but it is also #3 on our overall quality list.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend Bowdoin College. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Bowdoin College is a small private not-for-profit school located in Brunswick, Maine that handed out 631 bachelor’s degrees in .
The team at Bowdoin took home $253,989 in revenue and paid out $250,210 in expenses in recent times. Thus, the team actually made $3,779, which isn’t bad at all.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Bowdoin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our overall quality list.
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A rank of #3 on our list means Colby College is a great place for Men’s Basketball athletes in Maine working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Waterville, Maine, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 734 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
Speaking financially, the Men’s Basketball team at Colby took home $297,589 in revenue.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. In addition to its Best Colleges for Men’s Basketball in Maine ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colby is ranked #2 for overall quality in Maine.
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You’ll join some of the best athletes around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #4 in this year’s ranking. Located in Orono, Maine, the fairly large public school handed out 2,047 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Men’s Basketball team at UMaine made $1,625,122 in revenue. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 956.
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A rank of #5 on our list means Maine Maritime Academy is a great place for Men’s Basketball athletes in Maine working on their bachelor’s degree. This small public school is located in Castine, Maine, and it awarded 165 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Men’s Basketball team at Maine Maritime made $88,705 in revenue.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Maine Maritime also made our overall quality list, coming in at #4.
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Saint Joseph’s College of Maine ranked #6 on this year’s Best Colleges for Men’s Basketball in Maine list. Saint Joseph’s Maine is located in Standish, Maine and, has a small student population. In , this school awarded 271 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The Men’s Basketball team at Saint Joseph’s Maine brought home $121,051 in revenue in a single year.
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.
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University of New England did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Men’s Basketball in Maine ranking, coming in at #7. UNE is a private not-for-profit institution located in Biddeford, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 556 bachelor’s degrees in .
UNE brought in $201,821 while tallying up $176,118 in expenses for its Men’s Basketball team. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $25,703.
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University of Maine at Farmington came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Men’s Basketball in Maine ranking. University of Maine at Farmington is a small public school located in Farmington, Maine that handed out 308 bachelor’s degrees in .
The Men’s Basketball team at UMaine Farmington brought home $72,417 in revenue in a single year.
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University of Southern Maine came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Colleges for Men’s Basketball in Maine ranking. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public school located in Portland, Maine that handed out 1,131 bachelor’s degrees in .
On the financial side of things, the Men’s Basketball team at University of Southern Maine made $125,826 in revenue.
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Thomas College did quite well in the 2023 Best Colleges for Men’s Basketball in Maine ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Waterville, Maine, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 207 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in .
The team at Thomas College took home $78,754 in revenue and paid out $77,427 in expenses in recent times. Happily, this means that the team turned a profit of $1,327.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 10 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.
The academic progress rate (APR) of each team was made available by the NCAA.
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%.
