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2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

8 Ranked Colleges
297 Degrees Awarded
$19,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor's in Maine For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 134,326 general psychology students received their degree, making the major the 4th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, general psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,999 and had an average of $26,247 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 306 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,356 and $32,019 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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general psychology 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 general psychology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The psychology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in Maine (With Aid)

#1

Colby College

Waterville, Maine

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Colby College landed the #1 spot on the list. Colby is a small school located in Waterville, Maine that handed out 32 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Colby not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $17,777 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students with aid per year to attend Colby College.

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%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on General Psychology at Colby College

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized school located in Portland, Maine that handed out 57 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $12,339 for maine bachelor’s degree psychology students with aid.

Read full report on General Psychology at University of Southern Maine

#3

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

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 Getting Aid. University of Maine is located in Orono, Maine and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 82 bachelors’s psychology degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree psychology students with aid list, UMaine has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $17,558 for maine bachelor’s degree psychology students with aid per year to attend University of Maine.

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 University of Maine General Psychology Report

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 Getting Aid. UMaine Farmington is a small school located in Farmington, Maine that handed out 31 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine Farmington also made our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for UMaine Farmington is $14,548 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students with aid.

Read more about General Psychology at University of Maine at Farmington

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Presque Isle landed the #5 spot on the list. UMPI is located in Presque Isle, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s psychology degrees to qualified students.

UMPI also took the #8 spot in our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMPI is $10,637 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students with aid.

Read more about General Psychology at UMPI

#6

Husson University

Bangor, Maine

Husson University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Bangor, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 32 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s psychology students 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 $18,286 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Psychology students with aid.

Read full report on General Psychology at Husson University

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. Saint Joseph’s Maine is a small school located in Standish, Maine that handed out 7 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine also took the #6 spot in our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $26,929 for maine bachelor’s degree psychology students with aid per year to attend Saint Joseph’s Maine.

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 Saint Joseph’s College of Maine General Psychology Report

#8

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

With a ranking of #8, University of New England did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. Biddeford, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s psychology degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree psychology students with aid list, UNE has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of New England is $34,118 for maine bachelor’s degree psychology students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

Read more about General Psychology at UNE

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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