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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

6 Ranked Colleges
119 Degrees Awarded
$20,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in accounting. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent accounting 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 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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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 Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree accounting students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k list. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree accounting students whose families make $75-$110k list, University of Southern Maine has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Southern Maine is $16,543 for maine bachelor’s degree accounting students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Accounting at University of Southern Maine

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. UMaine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 22 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for UMaine is $20,312 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Accounting students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%.

Full University of Maine Accounting Report

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Augusta landed the #3 spot on the list. UMA is a small school located in Augusta, Maine that handed out 17 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree accounting students whose families make $75-$110k list, UMA has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine at Augusta is $15,244 for maine bachelor’s degree accounting students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 $75-$110k. Located in Bangor, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 30 degrees to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2019-2020.

Husson also took the #4 spot in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Husson is $20,855 for maine bachelor’s degree accounting students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Accounting at Husson University

#5

Thomas College

Waterville, Maine
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k list. Waterville, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Thomas College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Thomas College is $22,030 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Accounting students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Accounting at Thomas College

#3 in overall quality

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is located in Standish, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.

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 estimated yearly cost for Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is $27,653 for maine bachelor’s degree accounting students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%.

Full Saint Joseph’s Maine Accounting Report

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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