2022 Best Value General Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value General Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 29,936 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 28th most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 182 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 58 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The general education 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 General Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value General Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

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

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Maine

#1

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$34,118 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New England. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine list. UNE is a medium-sized school located in Biddeford, Maine that handed out 8 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2019-2020.

UNE also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of New England is $34,118 for maine bachelor’s degree general education students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of New England General Education Report

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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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