by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine” ranking.
With 141,695 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, general psychology is the 4th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, general psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,326 and had an average of $26,018 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maine, there were 327 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,431 and $32,637 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 315 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,463 and $30,985 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in general psychology. That schools that top this list have a program in general psychology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Farmington. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine list. University of Maine at Farmington is located in Farmington, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 41 bachelors’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Thomas College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Waterville, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s psychology students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Colby College landed the #3 spot on the list. Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 39 bachelors’s psychology degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Presque Isle. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine list. University of Maine at Presque Isle is a small public school situated in Presque Isle, Maine. It awarded 10 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 62 degrees to qualified bachelors’s psychology students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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 full report on General Psychology at University of Southern Maine
University of Maine landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine ranking. University of Maine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 83 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Husson University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine ranking. This small school is located in Bangor, Maine, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine list. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a small school located in Standish, Maine that handed out 13 bachelors’s psychology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of New England ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Psychology Major in Maine 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 25 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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