2022 Best Value French Language 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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value French Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

French Language & Literature is the 230th most popular major in the country with 2,743 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maine, there were 34 French language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 French language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality French language and literature programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the French language and literature program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value French Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

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

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for French Language & Literature in Maine

#1

Colby College

Waterville, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$17,777 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value French Language Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Colby College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Waterville, Maine, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s French language degrees in 2019-2020.

Colby also made our “Best French Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $17,777 for maine bachelor’s degree french language students per year to attend Colby.

The low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on French Language & Literature at Colby 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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