2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maine

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maine” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 7,874 people earned their degree in international studies, making the major the 95th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, international studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,355 and had an average of $22,904 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 56 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,000 and $15,057 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 international studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international studies 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 international studies 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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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 International Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maine” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maine.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Studies in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$47,260 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value International Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maine list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s international studies degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine master’s degree international studies students list, UMaine has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best International Studies 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 Maine are $28,352.

Read full report on International Studies at UMaine

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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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