2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Electrical Engineering is the 26th most popular major in the country with 29,892 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maine, there were 42 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 38 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in electrical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great electrical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Electrical Engineering in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$17,558 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value EE 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. UMaine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #1 spot in our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine is $17,558 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree EE 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%.

Read more about Electrical Engineering at University of Maine

#2

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$12,339 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine list. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s EE students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $12,339 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree EE students per year to attend University of Southern Maine.

Read full report on Electrical Engineering at University of Southern Maine

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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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