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2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
227 Degrees Awarded
$12,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 559,661 liberal arts / sciences and humanities students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country. 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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Maine (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Augusta. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. Augusta, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 143 students in 2019-2020.

UMA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine at Augusta is $10,631 for maine bachelor’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students with aid.

Full UMA Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#2

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine is $17,558 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students with aid.

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Machias landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Machias, Maine, this small public school handed out 12 diplomas 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 with aid list, University of Maine-Machias has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $9,009 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students with aid per year to attend University of Maine-Machias.

Full University of Maine at Machias Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to qualified students.

University of Southern Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $12,339 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students with aid per year to attend University of Southern Maine.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Presque Isle. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid. Presque Isle, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

UMPI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine at Presque Isle is $10,637 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students with aid.

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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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