by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 68,501 degrees handed out in 2021-2022, accounting is the 7th most popular major in the United States.
Across Maine, there were 194 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 131 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,251 and $23,910 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in accounting. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their accounting program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine list. Thomas College is a small school located in Waterville, Maine that handed out 16 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Husson University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine list. Located in Bangor, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Augusta. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine list. University of Maine at Augusta is a small school located in Augusta, Maine that handed out 14 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Presque Isle. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine. Presque Isle, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 16 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine list. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Standish, Maine. It awarded 6 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
University of Maine landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine ranking. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 35 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Southern Maine came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Accounting Major in Maine ranking. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 24 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.
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