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

7 Ranked Colleges
440 Degrees Awarded
$29,080 Avg Salary
Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 310,601 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, education is the 4th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,887 and had an average of $30,244 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 1,319 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,579 and $29,999 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 440 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent education programs, but they also cost less that 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 education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Education 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 education students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Education (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k 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 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $12,684 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Southern Maine.

Read more about Education at University of Southern Maine

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Farmington. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Farmington, Maine, this small public school handed out 118 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $48-$75k list, UMaine Farmington has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $13,902 for maine bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Maine at Farmington.

Full UMaine Farmington Education Report

#3

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#2 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 #3 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 144 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $17,218 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make $48-$75k 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%.

Read more about Education at University of Maine

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Presque Isle landed the #4 spot on the list. UMPI is a small school located in Presque Isle, Maine that handed out 16 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMPI, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $10,025 for maine bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Maine at Presque Isle.

Read full report on Education at University of Maine at Presque Isle

#5

Husson University

Bangor, Maine
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Husson University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k list. Husson is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bangor, Maine. It awarded 26 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Husson also took the #6 spot in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $17,084 for maine bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Husson University.

Read full report on Education at Husson University

#4 in overall quality

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Standish, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $23,263 for maine bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine.

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%.

Read more about Education at Saint Joseph’s Maine

#7

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine
#1 in overall quality

University of New England did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #7. UNE is a medium-sized school located in Biddeford, Maine that handed out 23 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

UNE also made our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $30,600 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UNE.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of New England Education 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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