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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Finance in Maine (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
123 Degrees Awarded
$19,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Finance is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 10th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 52,394 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in finance. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great finance programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the finance 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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The finance 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 Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Finance in Maine (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 31 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s finance students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $12,339 for maine bachelor’s degree finance students with aid.

Full University of Southern Maine Finance Report

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#1 in overall quality

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 Getting Aid. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s finance degrees to 77 students in 2019-2020.

UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend UMaine is $17,558 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Finance students with aid.

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 Finance at UMaine

#3

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 #3 for the Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid. Bangor, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s finance degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Husson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for Husson University is $18,286 for maine bachelor’s degree finance students with aid.

Read full report on Finance at Husson

#4

Thomas College

Waterville, Maine
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. Thomas College is located in Waterville, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s finance degrees to qualified students.

Thomas College also made our “Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Thomas College is $20,819 for maine bachelor’s degree finance students with aid.

Read more about Finance at Thomas College

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Standish, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s finance students in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Finance 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 Finance students with aid.

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%.

Full Saint Joseph’s Maine Finance Report

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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