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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism in Maine

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$28,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Maine

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Maine” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Communication & Journalism is the 11th most popular major in the country with 121,387 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, communication and journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,549 and had an average of $24,893 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 281 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,467 and $25,622 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,229 and $177,250 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and 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 communication and journalism program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Maine.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Maine list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s communication and journalism students in 2019-2020.

UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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