2022 Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 52,879 people earned their degree in physical sciences, making the major the 18th most popular in the United States. 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.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical sciences 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 physical sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Physical Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine master’s degree physical sciences students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Physical Sciences in Maine (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid list. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 12 masters’s physical sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine master’s degree physical sciences students with aid list, UMaine has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Physical Sciences at University of Maine

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to NASA.

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