2023 Best Value Teaching Master's Degree Schools in Maine
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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The Best Value Teaching Master's Degree Schools in Maine ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for teaching students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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 Teaching Master's Degree Schools in Maine
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Our 2023 rankings named Saint Joseph’s College of Maine the best value school in Maine for teaching students working on their master’s degree. Located in Standish, Maine, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 57 master’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Saint Joseph’s Maine graduate students pay an average of $9,766 in tuition and fees each year.
Since the graduate programs at Saint Joseph’s Maine are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
Saint Joseph’s Maine did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Maine list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Maine list. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 187 master’s degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Southern Maine are $22,968 a year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at University of Southern Maine. During the 2019-2020 year, about 94% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of Southern Maine did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Maine list.
Out of the 6 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Maine landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in Orono, Maine, the fairly large public school handed out 110 master’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMaine are $29,490 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UMaine does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 74% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Maine at Farmington helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Maine. University of Maine at Farmington is a small public school located in Farmington, Maine that handed out 36 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMaine Farmington are $11,038 per year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UMaine Farmington does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 58% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
UMaine Farmington did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Maine list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Husson University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Maine list. Located in Bangor, Maine, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualifed master’s degree students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Husson are $17,680 a year.
Online graduate courses are available at Husson, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 75% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Husson also made our Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Maine list, coming in at #2.
With a ranking of #6, University of New England did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree. Located in Biddeford, Maine, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 67 master’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNE are $29,352 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UNE. In fact, around 50% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
UNE not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Maine list.
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Notes and References
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*These averages are for the top 6 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%.
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