2022 Best Value Ecology Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Ecology Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 7,312 people earned their degree in ecology, evolution and systematics biology, making the major the 103rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, ecology, evolution and systematics biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,807 and had an average of $31,265 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 67 ecology, evolution and systematics biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,700 and $27,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 5 ecology, evolution and systematics biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality ecology, evolution and systematics biology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the ecology, evolution and systematics biology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Ecology Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree ecology students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology in Maine (With Aid)

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,647 Average Net Price

$24,267 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Ecology Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. SMCC is a medium-sized public school situated in South Portland, Maine. It awarded 5 associates’s ecology degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $10,647 for maine associate degree ecology students with aid per year to attend SMCC.

Full SMCC Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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