2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Computer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Computer Science is the 11th most popular major in the country with 53,722 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maine, there were 126 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 110 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent computer science 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 computer science 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 Computer Science 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 computer science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$5,626 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Computer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowdoin College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Brunswick, Maine, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s computer science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bowdoin, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $5,626 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Bowdoin.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Bowdoin College Computer Science Report

#2

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#3 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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Computer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s computer science degrees to qualified students.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $8,753 for maine bachelor’s degree computer science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full University of Southern Maine Computer Science Report

#3

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#2 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 #3 for the Best Value Computer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s computer science degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMaine, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $13,989 for maine bachelor’s degree computer science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UMaine.

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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