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2023 Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$19,683 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$77,195 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Doctor's Degree School for You

Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Maine. With 1,282 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Education

#1

University of Maine

Orono, ME

Our analysis found University of Maine to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Maine. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

UMaine also took the #2 spot in our Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maine rankings.

Read full report on Education at University of Maine

#2

University of New England

Biddeford, ME

Out of the 2 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New England landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Biddeford, UNE is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

UNE graduate students pay an average of $29,352 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNE did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maine list.

Full Education at University of New England Report

Best Value Education Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Education Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 1,775
Rhode Island 926
Massachusetts 8,936
Connecticut 2,995
Vermont 638

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832
Student Counseling 13,858
Instructional Media Design 8,695
Teaching English or French 5,791
Other Education 4,858
Teaching Assistants 2,751
Educational Assessment 2,552
Multilingual Education 1,910
Education Philosophy 737
International Education 293

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

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 Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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