2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 22,244 people earned their degree in general special education, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 86 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 68 general special education graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general special education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general special education programs and 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 general special education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine master’s degree teaching students with disabilities students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k list. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Special Education Master’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 University of Southern Maine are $22,308.

Read full report on General Special Education at University of Southern Maine

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Teaching Students with Disabilities Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 52 masters’s teaching students with disabilities degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Special Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Maine General Special Education Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Special Education (Income $30-$48k)

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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