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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in Maine

7 Ranked Colleges
115 Degrees Awarded
$19,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Subject Specific Ed Schools for a Bachelor's 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 Subject Specific Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Teacher Education Subject Specific is the 23rd most popular major in the country with 42,436 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, teacher education subject specific graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,022 and had an average of $26,039 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 177 teacher education subject specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,950 and $26,422 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 115 teacher education subject specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Subject Specific Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher education subject specific. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great teacher education subject specific programs and 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 teacher education subject specific program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Subject Specific Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Subject Specific Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Subject Specific Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Subject Specific Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Maine is located in Orono, Maine and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 79 bachelors’s subject specific ed degrees to qualified students.

UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $17,558 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Subject Specific Ed students per year to attend UMaine.

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%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Subject Specific Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s subject specific ed students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also took the #4 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $12,339 for maine bachelor’s degree subject specific ed students per year to attend University of Southern Maine.

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#5 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 #3 for the Best Value Subject Specific Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine. Located in Farmington, Maine, this small public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s subject specific ed students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMaine Farmington, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine at Farmington is $14,548 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Subject Specific Ed students.

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#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Subject Specific Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Presque Isle landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Presque Isle, Maine, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s subject specific ed degrees in 2019-2020.

UMPI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $10,637 for maine bachelor’s degree subject specific ed students per year to attend University of Maine at Presque Isle.

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#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 Value Subject Specific Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine. Bangor, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s subject specific ed degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Husson also made our “Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Husson University is $18,286 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Subject Specific Ed students.

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#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Subject Specific Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine list. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a small school located in Standish, Maine that handed out 10 bachelors’s subject specific ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is $26,929 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Subject Specific Ed students.

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%.

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#7

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine
#2 in overall quality

University of New England came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Subject Specific Ed Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine ranking. University of New England is located in Biddeford, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s subject specific ed degrees to qualified students.

UNE did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend UNE is $34,118 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Subject Specific Ed students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

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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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