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2023 Best Value Area Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$58,322 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,493 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Area Studies Bachelor's Degree School for You

Area Studies is the #48 most popular major in Maine with 75 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Area Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Check out the area studies bachelor's degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Area Studies Bachelor's Degree School

#1

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, ME

Our 2023 rankings named Bowdoin College the best value school in Maine for area studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Bowdoin is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Brunswick.

Bowdoin undergraduate students pay an average of $58,322 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Bowdoin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine list.

Read full report on Area Studies at Bowdoin College

Best Value Area Studies Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 414
Connecticut 217
New Hampshire 60
Rhode Island 107
Vermont 45

Area Studies is one of 2 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ethnic Studies 9,231
Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies (Other) 46

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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 Karl Udo Gerth.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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