2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Public Administration & Social Service is the 14th most popular major in the country with 97,666 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 347 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the public administration and social service program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#2 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 Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school handed out 68 degrees to qualified masters’s public administration and social service students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’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.

Full University of Southern Maine Public Administration & Social Service Report

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 43 diplomas to qualified masters’s public administration and social service students in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352.

Full University of Maine Public Administration & Social Service Report

#3

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,016 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New England. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k. University of New England is located in Biddeford, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 236 masters’s public administration and social service degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNE, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New England are $28,016, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (Income $48-$75k)

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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