2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 10,951 people earned their degree in communication and media studies, making the major the 74th most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 44 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in communication and media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication and media studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The media studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree media studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$16,543 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 27 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $16,543 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Media Studies students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Southern Maine.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at University of Southern Maine

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$20,312 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree media studies students whose families make $75-$110k list, UMaine has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMaine is $20,312 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Media Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Maine Communication & Media Studies Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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