2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education in Maine

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Special Education is the 39th most popular major in the country with 33,249 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, special education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,879 and had an average of $28,500 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 113 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $27,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 68 special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in special education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent special education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the special education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Special Education in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$39,639 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine list. University of Maine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 52 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Special Education Master’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.

Read more about Special Education at University of Maine

#2

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$47,260 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Special Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine list. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 16 masters’s special ed degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308.

Read more about Special Education at University of Southern Maine

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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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