2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Maine

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Maine” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 9,219 people earned their degree in occupational therapy/therapist, making the major the 84th most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 126 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 126 occupational therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Maine” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in occupational therapy/therapist. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent occupational therapy/therapist 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 occupational therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Maine

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Occupational Therapy in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Occupational Therapy 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 36 masters’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at University of Southern Maine

#2

Husson University

Bangor, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$17,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Husson University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Maine. Husson is a small school located in Bangor, Maine that handed out 38 masters’s occupational therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Husson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Husson University are $17,100, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Occupational Therapy at Husson University

#3

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,016 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New England. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Occupational Therapy Schools for a Master’s in Maine list. Located in Biddeford, Maine, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 52 diplomas to qualified masters’s occupational therapy 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 Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New England are $28,016, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of New England Occupational Therapy 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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