2023 Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Maine
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Maine ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Nursing 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 nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in Standish, Maine, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 39 master’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Saint Joseph’s Maine graduate students pay an average of $9,766 in tuition and fees each 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 Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maine list.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Southern Maine is a great place for nursing students working on their master’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. University of Southern Maine is a public institution located in Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 27 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Southern Maine graduate students pay an average of $22,968 in tuition and fees each year.
Depending on your major, you 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.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, University of Southern Maine is ranked #5 for overall quality in Maine.
Out of the 5 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Maine landed the # 3 spot on the list. UMaine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMaine are $29,490 a year.
One thing to take note of is that UMaine does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 74% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
UMaine also made our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maine list, coming in at #4.
Out of the 5 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s value ranking, Husson University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Husson University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Bangor, Maine that handed out 28 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Husson graduate students pay an average of $17,680 in tuition and fees each 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 did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maine list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New England. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Maine list. Biddeford, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out master’s degrees to 20 students 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. During the 2019-2020 year, about 50% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNE is ranked #1 for overall quality in Maine.
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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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