2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Maine

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 Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Maine” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Psychology is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 7th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 183,889 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,496 and had an average of $36,227 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 500 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,127 and $31,796 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 46 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Maine” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality psychology 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 psychology 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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The psychology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Maine”.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Maine.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychology in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Maine. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s psychology degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Southern Maine, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Psychology 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.

Full University of Southern Maine Psychology Report

#2

Husson University

Bangor, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$17,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Husson University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Maine. This small school is located in Bangor, Maine, and it awarded 21 masters’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Husson also took the #2 spot in our “Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Husson University are $17,100, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Husson University Psychology Report

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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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