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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$10,014 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,732 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Social Sciences Master's Degree School

#1

University of Maine

Orono, ME

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maine the best value school in Maine for social sciences students working on their master’s degree. UMaine is a fairly 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.

Read full report on Social Sciences at University of Maine

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 values are for the top school 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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