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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Education (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

7 Ranked Colleges
440 Degrees Awarded
$21,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Education is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 310,601 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Education (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k 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 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also took the #5 spot in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $16,543 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Southern Maine.

Full University of Southern Maine Education Report

#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 $75-$110k. University of Maine at Farmington is located in Farmington, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 118 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.

UMaine Farmington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $17,976 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UMaine Farmington.

Full University of Maine at Farmington Education Report

#3

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #3 spot on the list. UMaine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 144 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine is $20,312 for maine bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Maine Education Report

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Presque Isle landed the #4 spot on the list. UMPI is a public institution located in Presque Isle, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMPI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $12,990 for maine bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UMPI.

Full UMPI Education Report

#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 $75-$110k list. Bangor, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

Husson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend Husson University is $20,855 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Education at Husson

#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k list. Saint Joseph’s Maine is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Standish, Maine. It awarded 27 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is $27,653 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%.

Full Saint Joseph’s College of Maine Education Report

#7

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, University of New England did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k list. UNE is a medium-sized school located in Biddeford, Maine that handed out 23 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

UNE also took the #1 spot in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of New England is $34,275 for maine bachelor’s degree education students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%.

Read more about Education at UNE

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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