2022 Best Value Teacher Education 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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Maine” ranking.

Teacher Education is the 110th most popular major in the country with 8,205 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maine, there were 192 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 118 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Maine” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in teacher education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality teacher education 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 teacher education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The teacher education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Maine”.

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

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

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

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Maine list. University of Southern Maine is a public institution located in Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 45 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Teacher Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,016 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New England. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Maine. This medium-sized school is located in Biddeford, Maine, and it awarded 73 masters’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine master’s degree teacher education students list, UNE has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Teacher Education 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 UNE are $28,016.

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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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