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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

1 Ranked Colleges
1 Degrees Awarded
$22,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank Nursing Schools

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 $75-$110k”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine doctor’s degree nursing students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Nursing Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s nursing degrees to 1 students 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. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Nursing at University of Southern Maine

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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