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2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
119 Degrees Awarded
$14,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 75,655 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, accounting is the 7th most popular major in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 164 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 119 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in accounting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality accounting programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the accounting 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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The accounting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree accounting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Southern Maine, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $8,753 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Accounting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Accounting at University of Southern Maine

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Maine is located in Orono, Maine and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $13,989 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Accounting students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UMaine.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UMaine Accounting Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Augusta. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Maine at Augusta is located in Augusta, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.

UMA also made our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine at Augusta is $9,287 for maine bachelor’s degree accounting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full University of Maine at Augusta Accounting Report

#4

Husson University

Bangor, Maine
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Husson University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Bangor, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 30 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2019-2020.

Husson also made our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Husson University is $13,870 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Accounting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Accounting at Husson University

#5

Thomas College

Waterville, Maine
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Thomas College landed the #5 spot on the list. Thomas College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waterville, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Thomas College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend Thomas College is $19,284 for maine bachelor’s degree accounting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Accounting at Thomas College

#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Standish, Maine, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Saint Joseph’s Maine, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is $21,729 for maine bachelor’s degree accounting students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Accounting at Saint Joseph’s Maine

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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