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2023 Best Value Public Health Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$24,862 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,052 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health School for You

In 2020-2021, 171 degrees and certificates were awarded to public health students who went to a Maine college or university. This makes it the #20 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Public Health Schools in Maine ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best value programs for public health students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Public Health Schools in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Health Colleges.

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality in Public Health

$39,986 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Saint Joseph’s College of Maine the best value school in Maine for public health students. Located in the rural area of Standish, Saint Joseph's Maine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Saint Joseph’s Maine are $39,986 per year.

Full Public Health at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine Report

$9,904 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University of Southern Maine are $9,904 a year.

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#3

University of New England

Biddeford, ME
$39,820 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New England. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Schools in Maine list. Located in the midsize suburb of Biddeford, UNE is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNE are $39,820 per year.

UNE not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Public Health Schools in Maine list.

Read full report on Public Health at University of New England

Best Value Public Health Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,567
Connecticut 366
New Hampshire 553
Rhode Island 172
Vermont 72

Public Health is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

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 Article 25 Flickr.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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