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2023 Best Value Information Science Schools in Maine

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$10,945 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Information Science School for You

In 2020-2021, information science students earned 8 degrees and certificates from a Maine school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which computer science program is right for you. 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, Computer Science Degree Search has created its Best Value Information Science Schools in Maine ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best value programs for IS 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Information Science Schools in Maine

Check out the IS programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality in Information Science

#1

University of Maine

Orono, ME
$11,986 Average Tuition & Fees

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

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMaine are $11,986 per year.

UMaine also made our Best Information Science Schools in Maine list, coming in at #2.

Read full report on Information Science at University of Maine

$9,904 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Information Science Schools in Maine list. University of Southern Maine is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Portland.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Southern Maine are $9,904 per year.

University of Southern Maine also made our Best Information Science Schools in Maine list, coming in at #3.

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Best Value Information Science Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 825
Connecticut 68
Vermont 115

One of 10 majors within the computer science area of study, information science has other similar majors worth exploring.

IS Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Information Science 18,325

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Technology 40,555
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

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 The Opte Project.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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