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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 General Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 20,721 people earned their degree in general public health, making the major the 42nd most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 161 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general public health. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general public health programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general public health program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Public Health 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 general public health students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$8,753 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s general public health degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Southern Maine, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $8,753 for maine bachelor’s degree general public health students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Southern Maine.

Full University of Southern Maine General Public Health Report

#2

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$29,294 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New England landed the #2 spot on the list. University of New England is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Biddeford, Maine. It awarded 7 bachelors’s general public health degrees in 2019-2020.

UNE also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNE is $29,294 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree General Public Health students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Public Health at University of New England

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health (Income $0-$30k)

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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