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2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
297 Degrees Awarded
$13,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 134,326 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Maine, there were 306 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 297 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general psychology programs, but they also 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 general psychology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree psychology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

Colby College

Waterville, Maine
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colby College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Colby is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Waterville, Maine. It awarded 32 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree psychology students whose families make $0-$30k list, Colby has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $2,335 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Colby.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Full Colby College General Psychology Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 57 degrees to qualified bachelors’s psychology students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $8,753 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Southern Maine.

Full University of Southern Maine General Psychology Report

#3

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s psychology degrees to 82 students in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $13,989 for maine bachelor’s degree psychology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UMaine.

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%.

Read full report on General Psychology at UMaine

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Farmington. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in Farmington, Maine, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine Farmington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for UMaine Farmington is $11,215 for maine bachelor’s degree psychology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full University of Maine at Farmington General Psychology Report

#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Presque Isle. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. UMPI is a small school located in Presque Isle, Maine that handed out 21 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree psychology students whose families make $0-$30k list, UMPI has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine at Presque Isle is $9,206 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on General Psychology at UMPI

#6

Husson University

Bangor, Maine
#7 in overall quality

Husson University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Husson University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bangor, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Husson, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Husson is $13,870 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on General Psychology at Husson University

#6 in overall quality

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is located in Standish, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s psychology degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Saint Joseph’s Maine, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $21,729 for maine bachelor’s degree psychology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine.

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%.

Read more about General Psychology at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine

#8

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine
#2 in overall quality

University of New England ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Biddeford, Maine, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s psychology students in 2019-2020.

UNE did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for UNE is $29,294 for maine bachelor’s degree psychology students whose families make $0-$30k.

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%.

Read more about General Psychology at University of New England

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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