2022 Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 General Education Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Education is the 28th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maine, there were 182 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 48 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general education 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 general education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The general education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$9,024 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k list. Southern Maine Community College is a public institution located in South Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 22 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMCC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SMCC is $9,024 for maine associate degree general education students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

York County Community College

Wells, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$6,809 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend York County Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Wells, Maine, this small public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified associates’s general education students in 2019-2020.

York County Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for York County Community College is $6,809 for maine associate degree general education students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#3

Central Maine Community College

Auburn, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$5,679 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Maine Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Auburn, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general education degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Central Maine Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for Central Maine Community College is $5,679 for maine associate degree general education students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about General Education at Central Maine Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $30-$48k)

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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