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2022 Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
157 Degrees Awarded
$8,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 41,945 people earned their degree in general English literature, making the major the 22nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general English literature graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,525 and had an average of $23,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 167 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,400 and $24,883 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 157 general English literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general English literature. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general English literature programs, but they also 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 general English literature program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree english students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General English Literature (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowdoin College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Bowdoin College is located in Brunswick, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s English degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree english students whose families make $0-$30k list, Bowdoin has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $5,626 for maine bachelor’s degree english students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Bowdoin.

The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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#2

Bates College

Lewiston, Maine

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bates College landed the #2 spot on the list. Bates is a small school located in Lewiston, Maine that handed out 16 bachelors’s English degrees in 2019-2020.

Bates not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bates is $4,618 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree English students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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 #3 for the Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s English degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $8,753 for maine bachelor’s degree english students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Southern Maine.

Read full report on General English Literature at University of Southern Maine

#4

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s English degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $13,989 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree English students whose families make $0-$30k 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%.

Read more about General English Literature at University of Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Farmington. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value English Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Farmington, Maine, this small public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s English students in 2019-2020.

UMaine Farmington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine at Farmington is $11,215 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree English students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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