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Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine

2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$16,476 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$89,269 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, health professions was the most popular one in Maine. In total, 2,935 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Maine.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for health professions 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.

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Health Professions

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Saint Joseph’s Maine are $9,766 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Saint Joseph’s Maine is ranked #2 for overall quality for health professions in Maine.

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#2

University of Maine

Orono, ME

Out of the 5 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public college with a large student population.

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

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

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. Located in the small city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

University of Southern Maine graduate students pay an average of $8,856 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

University of Southern Maine did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list.

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#4

Husson University

Bangor, ME

Out of the 5 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Husson University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Husson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bangor.

Husson graduate students pay an average of $17,680 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Husson also took the #1 spot in our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine rankings.

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#5

University of New England

Biddeford, ME

Out of the 5 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New England landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Biddeford, UNE is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNE are $29,352 a year.

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Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 5,813
Rhode Island 2,703
Massachusetts 18,440
Connecticut 7,729
Vermont 1,087

Health Professions Majors to Study

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
Public Health 40,596
Health Sciences & Services 35,945
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 29,833
Mental & Social Health Services 29,053
Medicine 28,629
Dental Support Services 26,399
Communication Sciences 22,298
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 20,393
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 18,901
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services 10,751
Health/Medical Prep Programs 9,210
Other Health Professions 7,984
Dentistry 6,770
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 6,158
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 5,115
Alternative Medicine & Systems 3,564
Chiropractic 2,658
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies 2,374
Medical Illustration & Informatics 2,089
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,775
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 960
Medical Science 909
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 294
Alternative Medical Support Services 227
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 68

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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