2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 31,746 people earned their degree in clinical, counseling and applied psychology, making the major the 37th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, clinical, counseling and applied psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $45,872 and had an average of $65,193 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 93 clinical, counseling and applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,100 and $29,129 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 clinical, counseling and applied psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,229 and $177,250 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great clinical, counseling and applied psychology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the clinical, counseling and applied psychology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine doctor’s degree clinical psychology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Clinical Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k list. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s clinical psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 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 full report on Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at University of Southern Maine

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology (Income $30-$48k)

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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