2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in Maine (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Social Sciences is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 205,726 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,801 and had an average of $23,466 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 897 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,700 and $20,980 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 social sciences 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 social sciences 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 social sciences program at the school. 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 Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Getting Aid

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

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

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Getting Aid. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s social sciences students in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #1 spot in our “Best Social Sciences Doctor’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 Social Sciences at University of Maine

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences (With Aid)

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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