2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public policy 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 public policy 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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Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine master’s degree public policy students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $75-$110k) 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 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 Master’s in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public school situated in Portland, Maine. It awarded 21 masters’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308.

Read full report on Public Policy at University of Southern Maine

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $75-$110k)

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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