2022 Best Vallue Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 57,618 people earned their degree in social work, making the major the 12th most popular in the United States. 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 Vallue Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in social work. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social work programs and cost less that 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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The social work 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 Vallue Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k”.

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Best Vallue Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income Over $110k) 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 Vallue Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized school located in Portland, Maine that handed out 47 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. 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 Vallue Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k 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 took the #2 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UMaine 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

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 Vallue Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making Over $110k. Located in Biddeford, Maine, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 236 diplomas to qualified masters’s social work students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNE, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New England are $28,016, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Social Work at University of New England

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income Over $110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income Over $110k)

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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