2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Human Development & Family Studies is the 41st most popular major in the country with 41,651 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, human development and family studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,032 and had an average of $24,110 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 81 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,800 and $26,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human development and family studies programs, but they also 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 human development and family studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The human development school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Human Development 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 human development students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $30-$48k) 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 Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s human development students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine master’s degree human development students whose families make $30-$48k list, UMaine has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at UMaine

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (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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