2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration and social service. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration and social service programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The public administration & social service school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in Maine (With Aid)

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public administration and social service degrees to 68 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Southern Maine, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. 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 more about Public Administration & Social Service at University of Southern Maine

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 43 masters’s public administration and social service degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine master’s degree public administration & social service students with aid list, UMaine has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UMaine Public Administration & Social Service Report

#3

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,016 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New England landed the #3 spot on the list. Biddeford, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s public administration and social service degrees to 236 students in 2019-2020.

UNE not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNE are $28,016.

Full UNE Public Administration & Social Service Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (With Aid)

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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