2022 Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Grade Specific Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 102,079 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, teacher education grade specific is the 7th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, teacher education grade specific graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,168 and had an average of $25,432 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 575 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,864 and $29,493 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 156 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in teacher education grade specific. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent teacher education grade specific programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the teacher education grade specific program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,961 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Southern Maine is a public institution located in Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 72 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also took the #2 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. 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.

Full University of Southern Maine Teacher Education Grade Specific Report

#2

University of Maine at Farmington

Farmington, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$12,630 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Farmington landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Maine at Farmington is a public institution located in Farmington, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine Farmington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list.

Read more about Teacher Education Grade Specific at UMaine Farmington

#3

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 3 masters’s grade specific ed degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine master’s degree grade specific ed students whose families make $30-$48k list, UMaine has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Maine Teacher Education Grade Specific Report

#4

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,016 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$51,197 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New England. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Biddeford, Maine, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 73 degrees to qualified masters’s grade specific ed students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNE, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNE are $28,016, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of New England Teacher Education Grade Specific Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific (Income $30-$48k)

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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