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2022 Best Value Colleges for Physics (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

1 Ranked Colleges
54 Degrees Awarded
$20,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Physics Schools in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Physics Schools in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physics is the 67th most popular major in the country with 14,123 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, physics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $42,475 and had an average of $22,421 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 54 physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great physics 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 physics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Physics Schools in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Physics Schools in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Physics Schools in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Physics (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physics Schools in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k list. UMaine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #1 spot in our “Best Physics Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine is $20,312 for Maine Physics students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UMaine Physics Report

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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