2023 Best Value Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maine
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Maine to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maine
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Our 2023 rankings named University of Maine at Fort Kent the best value school in Maine for nursing students working on their bachelor’s degree. UMFK is located in Fort Kent, Maine and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 180 bachelor’s degrees to qualified students.
UMFK undergraduate students pay an average of $12,915 in tuition and fees each year. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $31,832 in loans while pursuing their degree.
UMFK does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 69% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
UMFK also made our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine list, coming in at #1.
Out of the 8 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Maine at Augusta landed the # 2 spot on the list. University of Maine at Augusta is a small public school located in Augusta, Maine that handed out 18 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UMA undergraduate students pay an average of $19,238 in tuition and fees each year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $30,847 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at UMA. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 86% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine list. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 202 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at University of Southern Maine are $23,881 a year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $24,922 in student loans.
University of Southern Maine does offer online classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 87% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine list. Located in Orono, Maine, the fairly large public school awarded 78 diplomas to qualifed bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at UMaine are $33,586 a year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $24,711 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at UMaine. During the 2019-2020 year, about 98% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
UMaine also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine rankings.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Husson University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine list. Husson is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bangor, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 85 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Husson are $19,790 a year. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $28,342 in loans while pursuing their degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Husson. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 83% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Husson not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine list.
University of New England landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree nursing programs. Biddeford, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 116 students in 2020-2021.
UNE undergraduate students pay an average of $39,820 in tuition and fees each year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $26,205 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at UNE. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 46% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
UNE also made our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine list, coming in at #4.
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine list. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a small private not-for-profit school located in Standish, Maine that handed out 78 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Saint Joseph’s Maine are $39,986 per year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $23,661 in student loans.
Online courses are available at Saint Joseph’s Maine, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 29% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Beal College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine ranking. Located in Bangor, Maine, the very small private for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualifed bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Beal College undergraduate students pay an average of $0 in tuition and fees each year.
Beal College is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Beal College also made our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine list, coming in at #2.
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*These averages are for the top 8 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.
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