2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

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In 2019-2020, 97,666 people earned their degree in public administration and social service, making the major the 14th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, public administration and social service graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,142 and had an average of $32,304 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 554 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,625 and $30,690 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 102 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,256 and $26,111 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in public administration and social service. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration and social service programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public administration and social service 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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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine bachelor’s degree public administration & social service students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$8,753 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 29 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public administration and social service students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Maine is $8,753 for maine bachelor’s degree public administration & social service students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$13,989 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. UMaine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for UMaine is $13,989 for Maine Bachelor’s Degree Public Administration & Social Service students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Public Administration & Social Service at UMaine

#3

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$29,294 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New England landed the #3 spot on the list. University of New England is located in Biddeford, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s public administration and social service degrees to qualified students.

UNE did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend University of New England is $29,294 for maine bachelor’s degree public administration & social service students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (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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