2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Fine Arts is the 67th most popular major in the country with 12,032 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maine, there were 74 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 54 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in fine arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fine arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fine arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$17,218 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 15 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $48-$75k list, UMaine has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine is $17,218 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 Fine Arts at UMaine

#2

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$12,684 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also took the #2 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $12,684 for maine bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Southern Maine.

Read full report on Fine Arts at University of Southern Maine

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts (Income $48-$75k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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