2025 Best Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Maine

Ranked #3 in popularity, social work is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Maine ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 211 master's degrees in social work during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on social work students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of social work students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for social work to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized social work related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for social work students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Social Work Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Maine list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Social Work in Maine

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for social work students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Maine Schools for a Master's in Social Work

1

University of Southern Maine
Portland, ME

34 Annual Graduates

$47,939 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in social work needs to look into University of Southern Maine. University of Southern Maine is a moderately-sized public university located in the small city of Portland.

After graduating, social work master's recipients typically make around $47,939 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a master’s in social work from University of Southern Maine

2

University of Maine
Orono, ME

47 Annual Graduates

$55,075 Median Starting Salary

University of Maine is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in social work. UMaine is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of Orono.

Master's recipients from the social work program at University of Maine get $3,324 above the typical graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a master’s in social work from University of Maine

Best Social Work Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Social Work Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	1,649
Connecticut	153	392
Rhode Island	127	82
New Hampshire	108	87
Vermont	91	36

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Rankings in Majors Related to Social Work

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Social Work Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Social Work	211

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Army Medicine. More about our data sources and methodologies.