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2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
1 Degrees Awarded
$22,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 313,362 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, nursing is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $67,065 and had an average of $26,282 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 1,077 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,614 and $34,793 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,229 and $177,250 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nursing 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 nursing program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine doctor’s degree nursing students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine
#1 in overall quality
$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized school located in Portland, Maine that handed out 1 doctorate’s nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine doctor’s degree nursing students whose families make $30-$48k list, University of Southern Maine has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Nursing Doctor’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.

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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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