2022 Best Value Social Work 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 has developed its “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in social work. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social work programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the social work program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine master’s degree social work students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $48-$75k) 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

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Southern Maine is a public institution located in Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 47 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Southern Maine, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. 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

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k 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 social work degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also made our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Social Work at University of Maine

#3

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,016 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$45,963 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New England. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of New England is a medium-sized school located in Biddeford, Maine that handed out 236 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

UNE not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNE are $28,016, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of New England Social Work Report

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