2022 Best Value Social Work 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. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Social Work is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 56,762 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Maine, there were 417 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 326 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social work. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social work programs, but they also 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 social work program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Social Work 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 social work students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) 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 Social Work Schools for a Master’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 47 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine master’s degree social work students whose families make $0-$30k list, University of Southern Maine has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. 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 Social Work at University of Southern Maine

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#2 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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 43 diplomas to qualified masters’s social work students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine master’s degree social work students whose families make $0-$30k list, UMaine has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Social Work 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 UMaine are $28,352.

Read more about Social Work at University of Maine

#3

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,016 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New England. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. University of New England is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Biddeford, Maine. It awarded 236 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

UNE also made our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNE are $28,016.

Full UNE Social Work Report

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