2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Maine for Students from Pakistan

When pursuing a degree in today's world, international students have many different options to choose from. 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 Colleges for Pakistani Students in Maine ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Maine to determine which ones were the best for Pakistani students in Maine. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall value as determined by our Best Colleges for the Money ranking and the percentage of international students on campus.

See what other factors we include in our ranking methodology.

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Top Value Colleges in Maine for Students from Pakistan

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Colby College
Waterville, ME

$61,220 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

8.6% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named Colby College the best affordable school for Pakistani students in Maine working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Waterville, Maine, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 711 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 8.6% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as China, Canada, and India come to Colby to study. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at Colby is about $61,220 a year, on average.

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 Colby College

2

Bates College
Lewiston, ME

$59,062 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

7.9% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Bates College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Pakistani students in Maine. Located in Lewiston, Maine, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 564 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 7.9% are international. Students from as far away as China, India, and Vietnam come to Bates to study. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at Bates runs, on average, about $59,062.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Bates College Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.