2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Income Over $110k) in Maine

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 121,387 people earned their degree in communication and journalism, making the major the 11th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, communication and journalism graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,549 and had an average of $24,893 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 281 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,467 and $25,622 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 communication and journalism graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,229 and $177,250 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication and 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 communication and 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 Vallue Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine doctor’s degree communication & journalism students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Income Over $110k) 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 Vallue Communication & Journalism Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making Over $110k list. UMaine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Communication & Journalism Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. 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 Communication & Journalism at University of Maine

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism (Income Over $110k)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Josh Hallett.

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