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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in Maine (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
119 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 75,655 accounting students received their degree, making the major the 7th most popular in the country.

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 Getting Aid” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the accounting program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree accounting students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in Maine (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the 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.

University of Southern Maine also took the #2 spot in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $12,339 for maine bachelor’s degree accounting students with aid.

Read more about 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Maine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 22 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree accounting students with aid list, UMaine has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMaine is $17,558 for maine bachelor’s degree accounting students with aid.

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

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Augusta landed the #3 spot on the list. Augusta, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

UMA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for UMA is $10,631 for maine bachelor’s degree accounting students with aid.

Read full report on Accounting at University of Maine at Augusta

#4

Husson University

Bangor, Maine
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Husson University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Bangor, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 30 degrees to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Husson, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Husson University is $18,286 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Accounting students with aid.

Read more about Accounting at Husson

#5

Thomas College

Waterville, Maine
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thomas College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend Thomas College is $20,819 for maine bachelor’s degree accounting students with aid.

Read more about 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 Getting Aid ranking. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Standish, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend Saint Joseph’s Maine is $26,929 for maine bachelor’s degree accounting students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Accounting at Saint Joseph’s College of 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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