2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Public Policy is the 116th most popular major in the country with 6,199 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public policy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,077 and had an average of $35,743 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 35 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public policy programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public policy 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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Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$49,019 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 21 masters’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Policy Master’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 Public Policy at University of Southern Maine

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (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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