2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Maine

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Communication & Media Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 68,079 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 110 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in communication and media studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication and media studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree communications students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$12,339 Average Net Price

$32,658 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public school situated in Portland, Maine. It awarded 66 bachelors’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree communications students list, University of Southern Maine has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Southern Maine is $12,339 for maine bachelor’s degree communications students.

Full University of Southern Maine Communication & Media Studies Report

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$17,558 Average Net Price

$34,348 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine list. University of Maine is located in Orono, Maine and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 36 bachelors’s communications degrees to qualified students.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend UMaine is $17,558 for maine bachelor’s degree communications students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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

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

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