2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music (Income $30-$48k) 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 Music Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Music is the 40th most popular major in the country with 27,047 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, music graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,639 and had an average of $28,653 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 31 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $19,284 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 music graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in music. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great music 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 music program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

#1

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$22,308 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Music Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized school located in Portland, Maine that handed out 3 masters’s music degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Southern Maine also took the #1 spot in our “Best Music 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.

Read more about Music at University of Southern Maine

#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Music Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s music degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Music 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 UMaine are $28,352.

Read full report on Music at University of Maine

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Music (Income $30-$48k)

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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