2022 Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maine

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maine” ranking - to help you make that decision.

With 169,876 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, biological and biomedical sciences is the 9th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, biological and biomedical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,082 and had an average of $24,534 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 665 biological and biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,740 and $24,090 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 biological and biomedical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maine” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in biological and biomedical sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biological and biomedical sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the biological and biomedical sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maine” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maine.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maine. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 15 masters’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMaine, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352.

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#2

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$28,016 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New England landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Biddeford, Maine, and it awarded 4 masters’s biological and biomedical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UNE not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNE are $28,016, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Biological & Biomedical Sciences at University of New England

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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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