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2023 Best Value Social Work Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$20,570 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,644 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Work 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Social Work Schools in Maine ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Maine to see which 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 Schools in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for social work majors pursuing a .

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality in Social Work

$9,904 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern Maine the best value school in Maine for social work students. Located in the small city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Southern Maine are $9,904 per year.

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#2

University of Maine

Orono, ME
$11,986 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Maine helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best 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 undergraduate students at UMaine are $11,986 per year.

UMaine also made our Best Social Work Schools in Maine list, coming in at #4.

Full Social Work at University of Maine Report

#3

University of New England

Biddeford, ME
$39,820 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New England landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Biddeford, UNE is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNE are $39,820 a year.

UNE also took the #1 spot in our Best Social Work Schools in Maine rankings.

Full Social Work at University of New England Report

Best Value Social Work Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Social Work Schools 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.

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