2023 Best Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Maine to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for healthcare students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine
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Our 2023 rankings named Saint Joseph’s College of Maine the best value school in Maine for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. Standish, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 12 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Saint Joseph’s Maine are $9,766 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, Saint Joseph’s Maine is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
Saint Joseph’s Maine did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list.
Out of the 5 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s value 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 graduate certificates to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMaine are $29,490 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at UMaine, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 74% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
UMaine also took the #4 spot in our Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine rankings.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. Located in Portland, Maine, the medium-sized public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Southern Maine are $22,968 per year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at University of Southern Maine. In fact, around 94% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Southern Maine also took the #5 spot in our Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine rankings.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Husson University is a great place for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Husson is located in Bangor, Maine and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Husson are $17,680 per year.
One thing to take note of is that Husson does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 75% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Husson is ranked #1 for overall quality in Maine.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of New England is a great place for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in Biddeford, Maine, and it awarded 2 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNE are $29,352 per year.
UNE does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 50% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
UNE also took the #2 spot in our Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine rankings.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.
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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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