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2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
119 Degrees Awarded
$43,200 Avg Salary
Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that 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 $48-$75k” 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.

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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 $48-$75k”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value Accounting Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree accounting students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

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 $48-$75k list. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 33 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $12,684 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Accounting students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about 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 $48-$75k. UMaine 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMaine, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine is $17,218 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Accounting students whose families make $48-$75k.

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%.

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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 $48-$75k. University of Maine at Augusta 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 $48-$75k 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 $11,007 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Accounting students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#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 $48-$75k. Bangor, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s accounting degrees to 30 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 estimated yearly cost for Husson University is $17,084 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Accounting students whose families make $48-$75k.

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 $48-$75k list. Located in Waterville, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s accounting students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree accounting students whose families make $48-$75k list, Thomas College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Thomas College is $18,419 for maine bachelor’s degree accounting students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Accounting at Thomas College

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 $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Standish, Maine, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine also took the #3 spot in our “Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Saint Joseph’s Maine is $23,263 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Accounting students whose families make $48-$75k.

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

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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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