2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Adult & Continuing Education is the 416th most popular major in the country with 1,103 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maine, there were 22 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 adult and continuing 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 adult and continuing education 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 adult and continuing education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public school situated in Portland, Maine. It awarded 21 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Southern Maine Adult & Continuing Education Report

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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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