2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Professions (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 Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Health Professions is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 934,088 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $44,506 and had an average of $32,284 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 3,331 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,465 and $41,967 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 503 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health professions. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health professions 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 health professions 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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Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine master’s degree health professions students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Health Professions (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#4 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized school located in Portland, Maine that handed out 76 masters’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Health Professions Master’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.

Full University of Southern Maine Health Professions Report

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 37 diplomas to qualified masters’s health professions students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMaine, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Health Professions at University of Maine

#3

Husson University

Bangor, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$17,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Husson University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Husson University is a small school located in Bangor, Maine that handed out 63 masters’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Husson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Husson are $17,100, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Health Professions at Husson

#4

Saint Joseph's College of Maine

Standish, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$9,482 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine landed the #4 spot on the list. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Standish, Maine. It awarded 69 masters’s health professions degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Joseph’s Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Health Professions Master’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 Saint Joseph’s College of Maine are $9,482.

Read full report on Health Professions at Saint Joseph’s Maine

#5

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,016 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Health Professions Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New England landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Biddeford, Maine, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 258 degrees to qualified masters’s health professions students in 2019-2020.

UNE also made our “Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNE are $28,016, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UNE Health Professions Report

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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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