2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maine

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In 2019-2020, 29,936 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 182 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $14,922 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 71 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general education programs and 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 general education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine master’s degree education students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Maine

#1

Saint Joseph's College of Maine

Standish, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$9,482 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$53,358 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Master’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Standish, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 55 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine also made our “Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine are $9,482, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Education at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education

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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