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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Maine

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$17,708 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,059 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing School for You

In 2020-2021, business, management and marketing students earned 316 degrees and certificates from a Maine school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Maine ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Maine to see which programs offered the best value experiences for business, management and marketing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges.

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality in Business, Management & Marketing

$39,986 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Saint Joseph’s College of Maine to be the best value school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a degree in Maine. Saint Joseph's Maine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Standish.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Saint Joseph’s Maine are $39,986 a year.

Saint Joseph’s Maine not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Maine list.

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$9,904 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Maine list. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Portland.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University of Southern Maine are $9,904 a year.

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#3

University of Maine

Orono, ME
$11,986 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Maine list. UMaine is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Orono.

UMaine undergraduate students pay an average of $11,986 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UMaine also took the #4 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Maine rankings.

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#4

Husson University

Bangor, ME
$19,790 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Husson University is a great value for business, management and marketing students. Located in the small city of Bangor, Husson is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Husson undergraduate students pay an average of $19,790 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Husson also took the #3 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools in Maine rankings.

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#5

Thomas College

Waterville, ME
$29,152 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Thomas College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in Maine. Thomas College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Waterville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Thomas College are $29,152 a year.

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Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 11,653
Rhode Island 1,019
Connecticut 3,389
New Hampshire 4,326
Vermont 543

Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784
Marketing 4,011
Management Information Systems 2,766
International Business 2,007
Entrepreneurial Studies 1,823
Taxation 1,350
Hospitality Management 1,341
Real Estate 1,280
Other Business, Management & Marketing 1,073
General Sales & Marketing 537
Construction Management 466
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 180
Business/Managerial Economics 162
Insurance 143
Business/Corporate Communications 117
Telecommunications Management 23

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Amit Savargaonkar.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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