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2023 Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$16,074 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,665 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Work Master's Degree School for You

Social Work is the most popular major in Maine with 265 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Maine to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for social work 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Maine

Check out the social work master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Social Work

Our analysis found University of Southern Maine to be the best value school for social work students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Maine. Located in the small city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public college 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 not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Maine list.

Read full report on Social Work at University of Southern Maine

#2

University of Maine

Orono, ME

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Maine helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social work schools in Maine. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMaine are $10,014 per year.

Read full report on Social Work at University of Maine

#3

University of New England

Biddeford, ME

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of New England. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Maine list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Biddeford, UNE is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNE are $29,352 a year.

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 for social work in Maine.

Read full report on Social Work at University of New England

Best Value Social Work Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,670
Connecticut 407
Rhode Island 82
New Hampshire 89
Vermont 36

Social Work is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Social Work

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration 13,571
Public Policy 3,737
Human Services 1,277
Community Organization & Advocacy 741
Other Public Administration 295

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Army Medicine.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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