2022 Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 102,079 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, teacher education grade specific is the 7th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, teacher education grade specific graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,168 and had an average of $25,432 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 575 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,864 and $29,493 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 80 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in teacher education grade specific. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality teacher education grade specific programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the teacher education grade specific program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$8,902 Average Net Price

$23,456 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Southern Maine Community College is a public institution located in South Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 20 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend Southern Maine Community College is $8,902 for maine associate degree grade specific ed students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Southern Maine Community College Teacher Education Grade Specific Report

#2

Central Maine Community College

Auburn, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$5,385 Average Net Price

$26,625 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Maine Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Auburn, Maine, this small public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified associates’s grade specific ed students in 2019-2020.

Central Maine Technical College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Central Maine Community College is $5,385 for maine associate degree grade specific ed students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Teacher Education Grade Specific at Central Maine Technical College

#3

York County Community College

Wells, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$5,865 Average Net Price

$23,649 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend York County Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. York County Community College is a small school located in Wells, Maine that handed out 2 associates’s grade specific ed degrees in 2019-2020.

York County Community College also made our “Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for York County Community College is $5,865 for maine associate degree grade specific ed students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Teacher Education Grade Specific at York County Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific (Income $0-$30k)

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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