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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

6 Ranked Colleges
407 Degrees Awarded
$23,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Natural Resources & Conservation is the 26th most popular major in the country with 30,341 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, natural resources and conservation graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,196 and had an average of $25,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 481 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,914 and $30,431 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 407 natural resources and conservation graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in natural resources and conservation. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent natural resources and conservation 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 natural resources and conservation 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 Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Natural Resources & Conservation (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

#1

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, Maine
#1 in overall quality
$20,816 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowdoin College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k list. Bowdoin College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Brunswick, Maine. It awarded 37 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

Bowdoin also made our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $20,816 for maine bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Bowdoin College.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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#2

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine
#6 in overall quality
$16,543 Average Net Price

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students whose families make $75-$110k list, University of Southern Maine has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Southern Maine is $16,543 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#3

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#4 in overall quality
$20,312 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 100 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students whose families make $75-$110k list, UMaine has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine is $20,312 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students whose families make $75-$110k.

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

Bates College

Lewiston, Maine
#2 in overall quality
$20,124 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bates College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Lewiston, Maine, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

Bates did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $20,124 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Bates.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. 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%.

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#5

Unity College

Unity, Maine
#5 in overall quality
$25,973 Average Net Price

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Unity College landed the #5 spot on the list. Unity is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Unity, Maine. It awarded 110 bachelors’s natural resources and conservation degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students whose families make $75-$110k list, Unity has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $25,973 for maine bachelor’s degree natural resources & conservation students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Unity College.

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#6

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine
#3 in overall quality
$34,275 Average Net Price

University of New England landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Natural Resources & Conservation Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Located in Biddeford, Maine, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s natural resources and conservation students in 2019-2020.

UNE also made our “Best Natural Resources & Conservation Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for University of New England is $34,275 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Natural Resources & Conservation students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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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