2022 Best Value Psychology 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. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 134,326 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, general psychology is the 4th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, general psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,999 and had an average of $26,247 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 306 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,356 and $32,019 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 general psychology 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 general psychology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general psychology 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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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 Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Psychology 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 psychology students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology (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 Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 6 masters’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Psychology at University of Maine

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology (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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