2022 Best Value Dental Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Dental Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Dental Support Services is the 79th most popular major in the country with 21,530 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, dental support services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,238 and had an average of $13,361 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 78 dental support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,300 and $18,453 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 dental support services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Dental Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in dental support services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent dental support services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the dental support services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Dental Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Dental Support Services in Maine

#1

University of Maine at Augusta

Augusta, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$10,631 Average Net Price

$48,432 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Dental Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Augusta landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Augusta, Maine, this small public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s dental support students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMA, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Dental Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMA is $10,631 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Dental Support students.

Full UMA Dental Support Services Report

#2

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$34,118 Average Net Price

$54,574 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New England. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Dental Support Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine list. Located in Biddeford, Maine, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 42 degrees to qualified bachelors’s dental support students in 2019-2020.

UNE did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Dental Support Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of New England is $34,118 for maine bachelor’s degree dental support students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

Full University of New England Dental Support Services Report

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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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