2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing programs that also have a lower cost than 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. 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 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

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 $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $30-$48k) 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 $30-$48k 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 public institution located in Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

#2

Husson University

Bangor, Maine

$17,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Husson University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k. Husson is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bangor, Maine. It awarded 3 masters’s psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

Husson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Husson University are $17,100, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing (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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