2022 Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 12,336 people earned their degree in general journalism, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 24 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 general journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general journalism. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general journalism programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general journalism program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree journalism students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism in Maine (With Aid)

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$17,558 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s journalism degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend UMaine is $17,558 for maine bachelor’s degree journalism students with aid.

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%.

Full UMaine General Journalism Report

#2

Husson University

Bangor, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$18,286 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Journalism Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Husson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Husson is located in Bangor, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s journalism degrees to qualified students.

Husson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend Husson is $18,286 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Journalism students with aid.

Full Husson General Journalism Report

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Journalism (With Aid)

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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