2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 101,094 accounting students received their degree, making the major the 8th most popular in the country. 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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in accounting. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent accounting programs, but they also cost less that 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Accounting in Maine (With Aid)

#1

Thomas College

Waterville, Maine

$28,430 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Waterville, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s accounting students in 2019-2020.

Thomas College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #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.

Full Thomas College Accounting Report

#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

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Accounting Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Joseph’s Maine is a small school located in Standish, Maine that handed out 12 masters’s accounting degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine master’s degree accounting students with aid list, Saint Joseph’s Maine has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Joseph’s Maine are $9,482.

Full Saint Joseph’s Maine Accounting Report

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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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