2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s 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 Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 17,036 people earned their degree in radio, television and digital communication, making the major the 71st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, radio, television and digital communication graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,530 and had an average of $23,273 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 88 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,400 and $17,133 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 radio, television and digital communication graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in radio, television and digital communication. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great radio, television and digital communication programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the radio, television and digital communication program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Digital Communication 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 Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Radio, Television & Digital Communication in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$17,558 Average Net Price

$40,485 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Digital Communication 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 awarded 27 degrees to qualified bachelors’s digital communication students in 2019-2020.

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

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%.

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#2

Husson University

Bangor, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$18,286 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Husson University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Digital Communication Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine list. Husson is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bangor, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Husson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Radio, Television & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $18,286 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Digital Communication students per year to attend 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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