2022 Best Value Ethnic Studies 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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking.

Ethnic Studies is the 102nd most popular major in the country with 9,419 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, ethnic studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,585 and had an average of $22,144 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 32 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 32 ethnic studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality ethnic studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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 ethnic studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

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

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Ethnic Studies in Maine

#1

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$21,910 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowdoin College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine list. Bowdoin College is located in Brunswick, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s ethnic studies degrees to qualified students.

Bowdoin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $21,910 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Ethnic Studies students per year to attend Bowdoin College.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Ethnic Studies at Bowdoin College

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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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