by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Maine” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 322,592 nursing students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $70,916 and had an average of $25,426 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 1,262 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,921 and $29,431 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 760 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,463 and $30,985 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Maine” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in nursing. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in nursing.
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The nursing 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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Maine”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree nursing students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Fort Kent landed the #1 spot on the list. UMFK is a small school located in Fort Kent, Maine that handed out 180 bachelors’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Maine. Saint Joseph’s Maine is a small school located in Standish, Maine that handed out 78 bachelors’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Maine list. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public school situated in Portland, Maine. It awarded 202 bachelors’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Husson University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Maine. Husson is a small school located in Bangor, Maine that handed out 85 bachelors’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New England. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Maine list. Biddeford, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s nursing degrees to 116 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.
With a ranking of #6, University of Maine at Augusta did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Maine list. UMA is a small school located in Augusta, Maine that handed out 18 bachelors’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of Maine landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Maine ranking. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 78 bachelors’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
Maine College of Health Professions landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Maine ranking. MCHP is a small school located in Lewiston, Maine that handed out 1 bachelors’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Beal College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Maine ranking. Bangor, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s nursing degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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