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2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
123 Degrees Awarded
$15,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 52,394 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, finance is the 10th most popular major in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 123 finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 123 finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in finance. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality finance programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the finance program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Finance (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine
#2 in overall quality
$8,753 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school handed out 31 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s finance students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $8,753 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Finance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Southern Maine.

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#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#1 in overall quality
$13,989 Average Net Price

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 Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school handed out 77 degrees to qualified bachelors’s finance students in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $13,989 for maine bachelor’s degree finance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University 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%.

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#3

Husson University

Bangor, Maine
#4 in overall quality
$13,870 Average Net Price

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Husson University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Bangor, Maine, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

Husson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend Husson is $13,870 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Finance students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#4

Thomas College

Waterville, Maine
#5 in overall quality
$19,284 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thomas College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. Thomas College is a small school located in Waterville, Maine that handed out 5 bachelors’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Thomas College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $19,284 for maine bachelor’s degree finance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Thomas College.

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#5

Saint Joseph's College of Maine

Standish, Maine
#3 in overall quality
$21,729 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is located in Standish, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s finance degrees to qualified students.

Saint Joseph’s Maine also made our “Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is $21,729 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Finance students whose families make $0-$30k.

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%.

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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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