2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

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With 56,762 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, social work is the 8th most popular major in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 417 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 91 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in social work. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality social work programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the social work program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$8,753 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also took the #3 spot in our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Southern Maine is $8,753 for maine bachelor’s degree social work students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Social Work at University of Southern Maine

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$13,989 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Maine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine bachelor’s degree social work students whose families make $0-$30k list, UMaine has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine is $13,989 for maine bachelor’s degree social work students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Social Work at UMaine

#3

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$29,294 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New England. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Biddeford, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UNE did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $29,294 for maine bachelor’s degree social work students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UNE.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Social Work at UNE

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k)

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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