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2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
227 Degrees Awarded
$9,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 655 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,300 and $15,791 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 227 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 25 degrees to qualified bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students whose families make $30-$48k list, UMaine has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $14,458 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Maine.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Machias landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Maine-Machias is a small public school situated in Machias, Maine. It awarded 12 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Maine-Machias also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine at Machias is $7,466 for maine bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Augusta landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Maine at Augusta is a public institution located in Augusta, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 143 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students whose families make $30-$48k list, UMA has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMA is $8,986 for maine bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#3 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 #4 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also took the #3 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Southern Maine is $9,295 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Presque Isle landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Presque Isle, Maine, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

UMPI also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for UMPI is $9,279 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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