2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades in Maine (With 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 Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Construction Trades is the 34th most popular major in the country with 37,535 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, construction trades graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,448 and had an average of $11,769 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 189 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,900 and $7,625 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 63 construction trades graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in construction trades. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality construction trades programs that also have a lower cost than 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 construction trades program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades in Maine (With Aid)

#1

Kennebec Valley Community College

Fairfield, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$7,693 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kennebec Valley Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid. Located in Fairfield, Maine, this small public school handed out 25 degrees to qualified associates’s construction trades students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine associate degree construction trades students with aid list, Kennebec Valley Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $7,693 for maine associate degree construction trades students with aid per year to attend Kennebec Valley Community College.

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#2

Northern Maine Community College

Presque Isle, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$9,206 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Maine Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Northern Maine Community College is a small public school situated in Presque Isle, Maine. It awarded 11 associates’s construction trades degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine associate degree construction trades students with aid list, Northern Maine Community College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Maine Community College is $9,206 for maine associate degree construction trades students with aid.

Full Northern Maine Community College Construction Trades Report

#3

Eastern Maine Community College

Bangor, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$10,259 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Construction Trades Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Maine Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Bangor, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s construction trades degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Eastern Maine Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Construction Trades Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Maine Community College is $10,259 for maine associate degree construction trades students with aid.

Read full report on Construction Trades at Eastern Maine Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Construction Trades (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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