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Best Value Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maine

2023 Best Value Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$12,076 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,721 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Bachelor's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, engineering was ranked 10th in Maine. In fact, 404 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Engineering Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Engineering

#1

Maine Maritime Academy

Castine, ME

Our 2023 rankings named Maine Maritime Academy the best value school in Maine for engineering students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the rural area of Castine, Maine Maritime is a public college with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Maine Maritime are $14,338 a year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Southern Maine helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in Maine. Located in the city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Southern Maine are $9,904 per year.

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#3

University of Maine

Orono, ME

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Maine helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value engineering schools in Maine. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMaine are $11,986 a year.

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Best Value Engineering Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 649
Rhode Island 667
Massachusetts 9,717
Connecticut 2,153
Vermont 346

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Mechanical Engineering 46,178
Electrical Engineering 28,844
Civil Engineering 21,388
Computer Engineering 17,987
Chemical Engineering 12,917
Biomedical Engineering 12,811
General Engineering 11,796
Industrial Engineering 9,072
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 8,001
Systems Engineering 3,904
Materials Engineering 3,415
Other Engineering 2,760
Environmental Engineering 2,759
Operations Research 1,698
Agricultural Engineering 1,472
Engineering Science 1,454
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 1,378
Petroleum Engineering 1,256
Robotics Engineering 1,243
Architectural Engineering 1,012
Engineering Physics 994
Manufacturing Engineering 947
Construction Engineering 878
Nuclear Engineering 864
Marine Engineering 445
Biological Engineering 410
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 360
Geoscience Engineering 325
Mining Engineering 314
Textile Engineering 310
Ocean Engineering 285
Engineering Mechanics 272
Metallurgical Engineering 179
Energy Systems Engineering 138
Biochemical Engineering 109
Ceramic Engineering 94
Surveying Engineering 73
Electromechanical Engineering 45
Forest Engineering 41
Paper Science & Engineering 27
Engineering Chemistry 13

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 254,454
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 177,778
Engineering Technologies 85,188
Mathematics & Statistics 52,396
Physical Sciences 50,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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