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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Legal Professions (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$22,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master's in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 61,993 people earned their degree in legal professions, making the major the 17th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, legal professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $43,199 and had an average of $58,026 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 143 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,300 and $39,309 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 legal professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent legal professions programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the legal professions program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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 Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Legal Professions Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s legal professions students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also took the #1 spot in our “Best Legal Professions Master’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.

Read more about Legal Professions 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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