2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Computer Science is the 19th most popular major in the country with 53,722 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, computer science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,561 and had an average of $23,565 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 126 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $88,700 and $23,922 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 CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value CompSci 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 compsci students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

#1

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$14,539 Average Net Price

$78,971 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowdoin College landed the #1 spot on the list. Bowdoin College is a small school located in Brunswick, Maine that handed out 25 bachelors’s compsci degrees in 2019-2020.

Bowdoin also took the #1 spot in our “Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bowdoin College is $14,539 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree CompSci students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Computer Science at Bowdoin College

#2

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$12,684 Average Net Price

$65,477 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k list. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s compsci degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also took the #3 spot in our “Best Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $12,684 for maine bachelor’s degree compsci students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full University of Southern Maine Computer Science Report

#3

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$17,218 Average Net Price

$55,512 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 CompSci Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k. UMaine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 21 bachelors’s compsci degrees 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 $17,218 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree CompSci students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UMaine.

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 more about Computer Science at University of Maine

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Computer Science (Income $48-$75k)

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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