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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

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1 Degrees Awarded
$22,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great nursing programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the nursing program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The nursing 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 Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine doctor’s degree nursing students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $48-$75k) 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 $48-$75k list. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public school situated in Portland, Maine. It awarded 1 doctorate’s nursing degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308.

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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%.

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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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