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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 30,670 people earned their degree in electrical engineering, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, electrical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $70,098 and had an average of $23,581 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 42 electrical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $27,117 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 looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The ee 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 EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine”.

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Best Value EE Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

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

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

$74,576 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 23 bachelors’s EE degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. 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

$67,660 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 Southern Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s EE degrees to qualified students.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for University of Southern Maine is $12,339 for maine bachelor’s degree ee students.

Read more about 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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