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2022 Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k

7 Ranked Colleges
440 Degrees Awarded
$23,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k

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

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Education (Income Over $110k) in Maine

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Southern Maine is a public institution located in Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also took the #5 spot in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $12,339 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Education at University of Southern Maine

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 144 bachelors’s education 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 Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine is $17,558 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make more than $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 UMaine Education Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Farmington. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k list. UMaine Farmington is a small school located in Farmington, Maine that handed out 118 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine Farmington also took the #3 spot in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine at Farmington is $14,548 for maine bachelor’s degree education students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on Education at University of Maine at Farmington

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Presque Isle. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k list. University of Maine at Presque Isle is located in Presque Isle, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.

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 $10,637 for maine bachelor’s degree education students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend University of Maine at Presque Isle.

Read more about Education at UMPI

#5

Husson University

Bangor, Maine
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Husson University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Bangor, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

Husson also made our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $18,286 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Husson.

Read full report on Education at Husson University

#4 in overall quality

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine ranked #6 on this year’s Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Standish, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 27 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine also took the #4 spot in our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Joseph’s Maine is $26,929 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make more than $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

University of New England came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Located in Biddeford, Maine, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2019-2020.

UNE also made our “Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for University of New England is $34,118 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Education students whose families make more than $110k.

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%.

Read full report on 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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