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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in Maine

5 Ranked Colleges
60 Degrees Awarded
$19,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 9,530 people earned their degree in secondary education, making the major the 88th most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 65 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 60 secondary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in secondary education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent secondary 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 secondary education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree secondary teaching students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Secondary Education in Maine

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine 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 secondary teaching degrees to 24 students in 2019-2020.

UMaine Farmington also made our “Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend UMaine Farmington is $14,548 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Secondary Teaching students.

Read more about Secondary Education at UMaine Farmington

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 20 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree secondary teaching students list, UMaine has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $17,558 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Secondary Teaching students 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 more about Secondary Education at UMaine

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Presque Isle. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine 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 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree secondary teaching students list, UMPI has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine at Presque Isle is $10,637 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Secondary Teaching students.

Read more about Secondary Education at UMPI

#4

Husson University

Bangor, Maine
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Husson University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine. Husson University is located in Bangor, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree secondary teaching students list, Husson has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Husson is $18,286 for maine bachelor’s degree secondary teaching students.

Read more about Secondary Education at Husson

#5

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New England. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Secondary Teaching Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine. 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 secondary teaching degrees to qualified students.

UNE not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Secondary Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $34,118 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Secondary Teaching students per year to attend University of New England.

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%.

Read more about Secondary Education at UNE

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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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