2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Physical Sciences is the 18th most popular major in the country with 52,879 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, physical sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,122 and had an average of $22,339 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 174 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 physical sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the physical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Physical Sciences 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 physical sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Maine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UMaine Physical Sciences Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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