2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering Technologies is the 19th most popular major in the country with 86,730 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,894 and had an average of $21,178 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 266 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,457 and $21,584 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 99 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering technologies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering technologies 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 engineering technologies 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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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

#1

Kennebec Valley Community College

Fairfield, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$11,017 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennebec Valley Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Kennebec Valley Community College is a public institution located in Fairfield, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine associate degree engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k list, Kennebec Valley Community College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $11,017 for Maine Associate Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Kennebec Valley Community College.

Full Kennebec Valley Community College Engineering Technologies Report

#2

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$15,219 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 #2 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k. Southern Maine Community College is a medium-sized school located in South Portland, Maine that handed out 41 associates’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine associate degree engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k list, SMCC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $15,219 for maine associate degree engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Southern Maine Community College.

Read more about Engineering Technologies at SMCC

#3

Central Maine Community College

Auburn, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$11,864 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Maine Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k. Central Maine Community College is a public institution located in Auburn, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 24 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Maine Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $11,864 for maine associate degree engineering tech students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Central Maine Technical College.

Full Central Maine Technical College Engineering Technologies Report

#4

York County Community College

Wells, Maine

#4 in overall quality

$13,518 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 #4 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k. Wells, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s engineering tech degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

York County Community College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend York County Community College is $13,518 for Maine Associate Degree Engineering Tech students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Engineering Technologies at York County Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies (Income $75-$110k)

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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