2022 Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 6,199 people earned their degree in public policy, making the major the 116th most popular in the United States. 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,229 and $177,250 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public policy program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $30-$48k) 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 Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified doctorate’s public policy students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Policy at University of Southern Maine

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (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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