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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Schools in Maine

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$11,986 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,781 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences 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 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.

Check out the social sciences programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Social Sciences School

#1

University of Maine

Orono, ME
$11,986 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Maine to be the best value school for social sciences students who want to pursue a degree in Maine. UMaine is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Orono.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMaine are $11,986 a year.

UMaine did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Social Sciences Schools in Maine list.

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Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Social Sciences Schools 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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