2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Social Work is the 12th most popular major in the country with 57,618 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, social work graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,459 and had an average of $30,084 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 417 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,800 and $36,433 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 326 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in social work. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality social work 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 social work program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine master’s degree social work students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school handed out 47 diplomas to qualified masters’s social work students in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also made our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Maine are $22,308, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Southern Maine Social Work Report

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,852 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Maine is a fairly large public school situated in Orono, Maine. It awarded 43 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Social Work 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 University of Maine are $28,352.

Full University of Maine Social Work Report

#3

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,016 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$45,963 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’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. This medium-sized school is located in Biddeford, Maine, and it awarded 236 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

UNE also made our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of New England are $28,016.

Read full report on Social Work at University of New England

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (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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