2022 Best Value English Language & Literature Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value English Language & Literature Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 56,860 people earned their degree in English language and literature, making the major the 16th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, English language and literature graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,873 and had an average of $24,681 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 265 English language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,400 and $30,052 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 48 English language and literature graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value English Language & Literature Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in English language and literature. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great English language and literature 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 English language and literature program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value English Language & Literature Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine master’s degree english language & literature students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for English Language & Literature (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value English Language & Literature Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Southern Maine is a public institution located in Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 38 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best English Language & Literature 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.

Read more about English Language & Literature at University of Southern Maine

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value English Language & Literature Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s English language and literature students in 2019-2020.

UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best English Language & Literature 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 full report on English Language & Literature at UMaine

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for English Language & Literature (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
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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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