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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$9,435 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,829 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

With 37 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, social sciences is the #12 most popular major in Maine.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Social Sciences 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 social sciences 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 Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine

Check out the social sciences graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Social Sciences

Our analysis found University of Southern Maine to be the best value school for social sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Maine. University of Southern Maine is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Portland.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Southern Maine are $8,856 per year.

University of Southern Maine also took the #5 spot in our Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine rankings.

Full Social Sciences at University of Southern Maine Report

#2

University of Maine

Orono, ME

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Maine helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in Maine. UMaine is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Orono.

UMaine graduate students pay an average of $10,014 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

Full Social Sciences at University of Maine Report

Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,789
Rhode Island 105
Connecticut 279
New Hampshire 138
Vermont 85

Social Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446
Criminology 936
General Social Sciences 745
Other Social Sciences 532
Urban Studies 432
Archeology 66
Demography & Population Studies 66

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

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 AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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