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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Special Education is the 39th most popular major in the country with 33,249 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, special education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,879 and had an average of $28,500 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 113 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in special education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality special 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 special education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The special ed 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 Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree special ed students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

#1

University of Maine at Farmington

Farmington, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$17,976 Average Net Price

$33,565 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Farmington landed the #1 spot on the list. Farmington, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s special ed degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMaine Farmington, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMaine Farmington is $17,976 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Special Ed students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#2

Saint Joseph's College of Maine

Standish, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$27,653 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Standish, Maine, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine also took the #1 spot in our “Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is $27,653 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Special Ed students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 Special Education at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Special Education (Income $75-$110k)

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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