2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Science in Maine

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Marine Science Schools for a Doctorate in Maine” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 312 people earned their degree in marine science, making the major the 304th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, marine science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,200 and had an average of $21,630 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 64 marine science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $26,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 marine science graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,229 and $177,250 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality marine science 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 marine science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Marine Science Schools for a Doctorate in Maine” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Marine Science Schools for a Doctorate in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Marine Science Schools for a Doctorate in Maine.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Marine Science in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Marine Science Schools for a Doctorate in Maine list. UMaine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 2 doctorate’s marine science degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best Marine Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Marine Science 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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