2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in Maine

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,072 people earned their degree in science, technology and society, making the major the 225th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, science, technology and society graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,000 and had an average of $27,321 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 4 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 science, technology and society graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great science, technology and society programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the science, technology and society program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Science, Technology & Society in Maine

#1

Colby College

Waterville, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$17,777 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Science, Tech & Society Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Colby College landed the #1 spot on the list. Colby is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waterville, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Colby did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Science, Technology & Society Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $17,777 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Science, Tech & Society students per year to attend Colby College.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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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