2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine” ranking - to help you make that 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 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” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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 Bachelor’s in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree social work students.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$17,558 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine is $17,558 for maine bachelor’s degree social work students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Social Work at UMaine

#2

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$12,339 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Southern Maine is $12,339 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Social Work students.

Read more about Social Work at University of Southern Maine

#3

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$34,118 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 list. University of New England is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Biddeford, Maine. It awarded 4 bachelors’s social work degrees 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 $34,118 for maine bachelor’s degree social work students per year to attend UNE.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.

Full University of New England Social Work 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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