2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 12,336 people earned their degree in general journalism, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 24 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general journalism. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general journalism programs that also have a lower cost than 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 general journalism program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$17,558 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $17,558 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students per year to attend University of Maine.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Journalism at University of Maine

#2

Husson University

Bangor, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$18,286 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Husson University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine. Husson is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bangor, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree journalism students list, Husson has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Husson University is $18,286 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students.

Full Husson General Journalism 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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