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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Biology (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

1 Ranked Colleges
6 Degrees Awarded
$28,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Biology Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Biology Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Biology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 102,043 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, general biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,233 and had an average of $23,964 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 343 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,900 and $22,483 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,229 and $177,250 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general biology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general biology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Biology Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Biology Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine doctor’s degree biology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Biology (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Biology Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Maine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 6 doctorate’s biology degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best General Biology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Biology at UMaine

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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