2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 8,205 people earned their degree in teacher education, making the major the 110th most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 192 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 118 teacher education graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in teacher education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent teacher education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the teacher education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Teacher Education 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 teacher education students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 45 masters’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best Teacher Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Southern Maine Teacher Education Report

#2

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,016 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Teacher Education Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New England landed the #2 spot on the list. UNE is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Biddeford, Maine. It awarded 73 masters’s teacher education degrees in 2019-2020.

UNE did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Teacher Education Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNE are $28,016, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education (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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