2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $0-$30k) 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 Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Journalism is the 62nd most popular major in the country with 14,528 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,042 and had an average of $24,628 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 47 journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $26,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 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 For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in journalism. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great journalism programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the journalism program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree journalism students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Journalism (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$13,989 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school handed out 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s journalism students in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for UMaine is $13,989 for maine bachelor’s degree journalism students whose families make $0-$30k.

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 UMaine Journalism Report

#2

Husson University

Bangor, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$13,870 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Husson University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Bangor, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s journalism degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Husson also made our “Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Husson is $13,870 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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