2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Accounting is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 101,094 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, accounting graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $44,557 and had an average of $26,381 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 177 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,975 and $32,191 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 accounting graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in accounting. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality accounting programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the accounting program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

Thomas College

Waterville, Maine

$28,430 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Thomas College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Waterville, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s accounting students in 2019-2020.

Thomas College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Thomas College are $28,430, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Accounting at Thomas College

#2

Saint Joseph's College of Maine

Standish, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$9,482 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$58,673 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a small school located in Standish, Maine that handed out 12 masters’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Joseph’s Maine are $9,482, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Accounting at Saint Joseph’s Maine

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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