2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,812 people earned their degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing, making the major the 527th most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 11 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public school situated in Portland, Maine. It awarded 5 masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Southern Maine, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at University of Southern Maine

#2

Husson University

Bangor, Maine

$17,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Husson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Husson University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bangor, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine master’s degree psychiatric/mental health nursing students whose families make $0-$30k list, Husson has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Husson are $17,100.

Full Husson Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (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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