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2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
144 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Elementary Education is the 19th most popular major in the country with 40,622 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maine, there were 144 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 144 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in elementary education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent elementary education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the elementary 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Elementary Teaching 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 elementary teaching students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Elementary Education (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

#2 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 #1 for the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k. UMaine Farmington is located in Farmington, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree elementary teaching students whose families make $48-$75k list, UMaine Farmington has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine at Farmington is $13,902 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Elementary Teaching students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Elementary Education at University of Maine at Farmington

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 45 bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #4 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $17,218 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Elementary Teaching students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UMaine.

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 full report on Elementary Education at UMaine

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching 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 #3 spot on the list. University of Maine at Presque Isle is a public institution located in Presque Isle, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMPI, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $10,025 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Elementary Teaching students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Maine at Presque Isle.

Read full report on Elementary Education at UMPI

#4

Husson University

Bangor, Maine
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Husson University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k list. Husson is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bangor, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Husson also made our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Husson University is $17,084 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Elementary Teaching students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Husson University Elementary Education Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a small school located in Standish, Maine that handed out 13 bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine also took the #3 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $23,263 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Elementary Teaching students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Saint Joseph’s 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 Elementary Education at Saint Joseph’s Maine

#6

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine
#1 in overall quality

University of New England came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Biddeford, Maine, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s elementary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

UNE did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Elementary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $30,600 for maine bachelor’s degree elementary teaching students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of New England.

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%.

Full UNE Elementary Education Report

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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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