2022 Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 General Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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” 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general public health 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree general public health students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$12,339 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s general public health degrees in 2019-2020.

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. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $12,339 for maine bachelor’s degree general public health students.

Full University of Southern Maine General Public Health Report

#2

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$34,118 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New England landed the #2 spot on the list. UNE is located in Biddeford, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s general public health degrees to qualified students.

UNE also made our “Best General Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of New England is $34,118 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree General Public Health students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Public Health at UNE

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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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