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2023 Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$9,435 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$67,433 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Science Graduate Certificate School for You

Information Science is the #47 most popular major in Maine with 8 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Maine to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for IS students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for IS majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Information Science

#1

University of Maine

Orono, ME

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maine the best value school in Maine for information science students working on their graduate certificate. UMaine is a large public school located in the small suburb of Orono.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMaine are $10,014 a year.

UMaine also made our Best Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list, coming in at #3.

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Out of the 2 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the # 2 spot on the list. University of Southern Maine is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Portland.

University of Southern Maine graduate students pay an average of $8,856 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

University of Southern Maine also made our Best Information Science Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list, coming in at #5.

Full Information Science at University of Southern Maine Report

Best Value Information Science Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Science Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 378
Vermont 69

One of 9 majors within the area of study, information science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 20,748
Computer Science 15,813
Information Technology 10,754
Computer Software & Applications 4,047
Computer Systems Analysis 817

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 The Opte Project.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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