2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

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 Communications Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 68,079 communication and media studies students received their degree, making the major the 9th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,728 and had an average of $24,931 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 117 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,275 and $28,115 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and media studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Communications Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 4 masters’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMaine, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at UMaine

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