2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in Maine (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management is the 267th most popular major in the country with 2,331 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maine, there were 78 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 76 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management 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 wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management 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 Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in Maine (With Aid)

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$17,558 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. UMaine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 35 bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for UMaine is $17,558 for maine bachelor’s degree wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management 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%.

Full University of Maine Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Report

#2

Unity College

Unity, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$26,080 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Unity College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. Unity College is located in Unity, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 41 bachelors’s wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Unity, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $26,080 for maine bachelor’s degree wildlife, fish and wildlands science and management students with aid per year to attend Unity College.

Full Unity College Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Wildlife, Fish & Wildl&s Science & Management (With Aid)

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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