2023 Best Value Teaching Schools in Maine
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
There are so many teaching programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Teaching Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best value 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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Our analysis found University of Maine at Farmington to be the best value school for teaching students in Maine. UMaine Farmington is located in Farmington, Maine and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 173 degrees to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMaine Farmington are $20,780 per year. By the time they get their degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $24,480 in student loans. Once they receive their degree, UMaine Farmington graduates enter the workforce, making an average salary of $32,570 during the early year of their career.
UMaine Farmington also took the #3 spot in our Best Teaching Schools in Maine rankings.
Out of the 5 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the # 2 spot on the list. University of Southern Maine is located in Portland, Maine and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 241 degrees to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Southern Maine are $23,881 per year. By the time they get their degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $24,922 in student loans.After graduating from University of Southern Maine, students go on to jobs where they make an average of $42,906 during the early years of their career.
University of Southern Maine not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Teaching Schools in Maine list.
The excellent programs at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Maine. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a small private not-for-profit school located in Standish, Maine that handed out 77 degrees in 2020-2021.
Saint Joseph’s Maine undergraduate students pay an average of $39,986 in tuition and fees each year. Degree recipients from the school accumulate an average of $23,622 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. For those students on a 10-year repayment plan, the average payment due each month is around $582.After graduating from Saint Joseph’s Maine, students go on to jobs where they make an average of $58,620 during the early years of their career.
Saint Joseph’s Maine also took the #2 spot in our Best Teaching Schools in Maine rankings.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Maine is a great place for teaching students who want to get the most value for their educational dollar. This fairly large public school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 338 degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at UMaine are $33,586 a year. On average, students take out $24,711 in loans while pursuing their degree. Those who take out this much in loans have to make a monthly payment of about $153 if they are on a 10-year repayment plan. During the early years of their career, UMaine graduates make an average of $40,242 annually.
UMaine did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Teaching Schools in Maine list.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of New England is a great place for teaching students who want to get the most value for their educational dollar. UNE is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Biddeford, Maine. It awarded 233 degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNE are $39,820 per year. Degree recipients from the school accumulate an average of $26,205 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. If you borrow this amount, expect your monthly student loan payment to be around $493, assuming you are on a 10-year repayment plan. Once they receive their degree, UNE graduates enter the workforce, making an average salary of $61,270 during the early year of their career.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNE is ranked #1 for overall quality in Maine.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 5 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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