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Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Child Development Schools in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bates College landed the #1 spot on the list. Lewiston, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s child development degrees to 73 students in 2020-2021.
Bates did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend Bates is $26,392 for Maine Child Development students with aid.
The impressive undergraduate 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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
