2022 Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for an Associate in Maine

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Computer & Information Sciences Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 237,745 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, computer and information sciences is the 8th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, computer and information sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,979 and had an average of $27,144 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 309 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,733 and $31,392 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 101 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in computer and information sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent computer and information sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the computer and information sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for an Associate in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for an Associate in Maine.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer & Information Sciences in Maine

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,647 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Maine Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for an Associate in Maine. SMCC is a medium-sized school located in South Portland, Maine that handed out 37 associates’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Computer & Information Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $10,647 for Maine Associate Degree Computer & Information Sciences students per year to attend Southern Maine Community College.

Full Southern Maine Community College Computer & Information Sciences Report

#2

Central Maine Community College

Auburn, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$7,029 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for an Associate in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Maine Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Central Maine Technical College is a small school located in Auburn, Maine that handed out 17 associates’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Maine Technical College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Computer & Information Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $7,029 for Maine Associate Degree Computer & Information Sciences students per year to attend Central Maine Technical College.

Full Central Maine Community College Computer & Information Sciences Report

#3

University of Maine at Augusta

Augusta, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$10,631 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Augusta. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Schools for an Associate in Maine list. University of Maine at Augusta is a small public school situated in Augusta, Maine. It awarded 5 associates’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UMA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Computer & Information Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine at Augusta is $10,631 for Maine Associate Degree Computer & Information Sciences students.

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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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