2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy in Maine (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 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.

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. 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 Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine master’s degree public policy students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy in Maine (With Aid)

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$49,019 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized school located in Portland, Maine that handed out 21 masters’s public policy degrees 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 Public Policy 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.

Read full report on Public Policy at University of Southern Maine

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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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