2023 Best Value Healthcare Master's Degree 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.
The Best Value Healthcare Master's Degree Schools in Maine ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for healthcare students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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 Master's Degree 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 master’s degree. Saint Joseph’s Maine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Standish, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 58 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Saint Joseph’s Maine are $9,766 per year.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Saint Joseph’s Maine. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Saint Joseph’s Maine is ranked #3 for overall quality in Maine.
Out of the 4 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the # 2 spot on the list. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public school situated in Portland, Maine. It awarded 78 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Southern Maine are $22,968 a year.
One thing to take note of is that University of Southern Maine does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 94% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of Southern Maine did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Maine list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Husson University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Maine list. Husson is located in Bangor, Maine and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 48 master’s degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Husson are $17,680 a year.
One thing to take note of is that Husson does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 75% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Husson not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Maine list.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of New England is a great place for healthcare students working on their master’s degree 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 247 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNE are $29,352 per year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UNE. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 50% took at least some of their classes online.
UNE not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Maine list.
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Notes and References
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*These averages are for the top 4 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%.
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