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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in journalism. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent journalism 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 journalism program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

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

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

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$17,558 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine 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 $17,558 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Journalism 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 Journalism at University of Maine

#2

Husson University

Bangor, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$18,286 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Husson University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Bangor, Maine, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

Husson also made our “Best Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Husson is $18,286 for maine bachelor’s degree journalism students.

Read full report on Journalism at Husson

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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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