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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in Maine (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
42 Degrees Awarded
$28,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master's in Maine For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 56,273 people earned their degree in family, consumer and human sciences, making the major the 21st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, family, consumer and human sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,430 and had an average of $24,438 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 124 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,800 and $26,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great family, consumer and human sciences 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 family, consumer and human sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in Maine (With Aid)

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMaine, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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