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2022 Best Value Business Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

9 Ranked Colleges
444 Degrees Awarded
$18,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Business Administration Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Business Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 404,734 business administration and management students received their degree, making the major the 2nd most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, business administration and management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,740 and had an average of $29,113 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 996 business administration and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,507 and $28,005 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 444 business administration and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Business Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in business administration and management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent business administration and management 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 business administration and management 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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Best Value Business Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree business administration students.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business Administration & Management 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 Business Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine list. University of Southern Maine is a public institution located in Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 121 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also took the #3 spot in our “Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $12,339 for maine bachelor’s degree business administration students.

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#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 Business Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s business administration degrees to 133 students in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #1 spot in our “Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine is $17,558 for maine bachelor’s degree business administration students.

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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#8 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Business Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Fort Kent landed the #3 spot on the list. UMFK is a small public school situated in Fort Kent, Maine. It awarded 12 bachelors’s business administration degrees in 2019-2020.

UMFK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine at Fort Kent is $11,589 for maine bachelor’s degree business administration students.

Full University of Maine at Fort Kent Business Administration & Management Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Farmington. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Business Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine list. Located in Farmington, Maine, this small public school awarded 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s business administration students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree business administration students list, UMaine Farmington has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine at Farmington is $14,548 for maine bachelor’s degree business administration students.

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#5

Husson University

Bangor, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Husson University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Business Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine list. Husson University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bangor, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 70 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree business administration students list, Husson has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Husson University is $18,286 for maine bachelor’s degree business administration students.

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University of Maine at Augusta landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Business Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine ranking. Augusta, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s business administration degrees to 30 students in 2019-2020.

UMA also made our “Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #9. It costs about $10,631 for maine bachelor’s degree business administration students per year to attend University of Maine at Augusta.

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#7

Thomas College

Waterville, Maine
#7 in overall quality

Thomas College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Business Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine ranking. Thomas College is a small school located in Waterville, Maine that handed out 26 bachelors’s business administration degrees in 2019-2020.

Thomas College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $20,819 for maine bachelor’s degree business administration students per year to attend Thomas College.

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#8

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

University of New England came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine ranking. UNE is located in Biddeford, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s business administration degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree business administration students list, UNE has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNE is $34,118 for maine bachelor’s degree business administration students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 Business Administration & Management at University of New England

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine ranking. This small school is located in Standish, Maine, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s business administration degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is $26,929 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Business Administration students.

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%.

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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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