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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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Accounting is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 101,094 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $44,557 and had an average of $26,381 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 177 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,975 and $32,191 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 looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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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

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, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 bachelors’s accounting degrees to qualified students.

University of Southern Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. 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 full report on Accounting at University of Southern Maine

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

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. UMaine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 22 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #1 spot in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. 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%.

Read full report on Accounting at University of Maine

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, 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 also took the #6 spot in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMA 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 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 Making $0-$30k list. Husson is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bangor, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree accounting students whose families make $0-$30k list, Husson has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $13,870 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Accounting students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Husson University.

Read full report on 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 $0-$30k list. Thomas College is a small school located in Waterville, Maine that handed out 13 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

Thomas College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. 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

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k 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.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree accounting students whose families make $0-$30k list, Saint Joseph’s Maine has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $21,729 for maine bachelor’s degree accounting students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine.

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 more about Accounting at Saint Joseph’s Maine

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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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