2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics (Income $0-$30k) 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 Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Engineering & Applied Physics is the 440th most popular major in the country with 941 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maine, there were 5 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 engineering and applied physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering and applied physics programs that also have a lower cost than 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 engineering and applied physics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Applied Physics 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 applied physics students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics (Income $0-$30k) 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 Value Applied Physics Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Maine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 1 masters’s applied physics degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Engineering & Applied Physics 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 Maine are $28,352.

Read full report on Engineering & Applied Physics at UMaine

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering & Applied Physics (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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