2022 Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 182 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $14,922 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 Education Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The 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 Education Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree education students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$12,123 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 Education Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in South Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 22 diplomas to qualified associates’s education students in 2019-2020.

SMCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for SMCC is $12,123 for Maine Associate Degree Education students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full SMCC General Education Report

#2

York County Community College

Wells, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$9,907 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend York County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k list. York County Community College is a small public school situated in Wells, Maine. It awarded 5 associates’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

York County Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend York County Community College is $9,907 for maine associate degree education students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about General Education at York County Community College

#3

Central Maine Community College

Auburn, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$8,745 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k 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 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. It costs about $8,745 for maine associate degree education students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Central Maine Community College.

Full Central Maine Technical College General Education Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $48-$75k)

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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