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

4 Ranked Colleges
129 Degrees Awarded
$19,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General History Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value General History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 31,630 people earned their degree in general history, making the major the 24th most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 137 general history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 129 general history graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general history. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general history programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general history 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 General History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General History in Maine

#4 in overall quality

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 History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s general history degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $12,339 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree General History students.

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#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value General History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school handed out 24 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general history students in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine is $17,558 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree General History students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.

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#3

Bates College

Lewiston, Maine
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value General History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Bates College landed the #3 spot on the list. Bates College is a small school located in Lewiston, Maine that handed out 18 bachelors’s general history degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bates, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bates is $29,321 for maine bachelor’s degree general history students.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. 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.

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#4

Colby College

Waterville, Maine
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value General History Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Colby College landed the #4 spot on the list. Colby is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Waterville, Maine. It awarded 14 bachelors’s general history degrees in 2019-2020.

Colby also took the #2 spot in our “Best General History Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Colby College is $17,777 for maine bachelor’s degree general history students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. 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.

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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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