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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$12,183 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$99,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Nursing is one of the most popular subjects to study in Maine. With 149 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 8th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine ranking is one of many tools that Grad 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 graduate certificate programs for nursing 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.

2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine

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

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing

Our 2023 rankings named Saint Joseph’s College of Maine the best value school in Maine for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Standish, Saint Joseph's Maine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Saint Joseph’s Maine are $9,766 a year.

Saint Joseph’s Maine also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine rankings.

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#2

University of Maine

Orono, ME

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

UMaine did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Southern Maine is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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 Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list, coming in at #5.

Full Nursing at University of Southern Maine Report

#4

Husson University

Bangor, ME

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Husson University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. Husson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bangor.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Husson are $17,680 per year.

Husson not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Nursing Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,916
Connecticut 750
Rhode Island 83
New Hampshire 366
Vermont 25

One of 29 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 Aleksahgabrielle.

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