2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Assistant Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Physical Therapy Assistant Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Physical Therapy Assistant is the 104th most popular major in the country with 5,902 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maine, there were 24 physical therapy assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 24 physical therapy assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Therapy Assistant Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in physical therapy assistant. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality physical therapy assistant programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the physical therapy assistant program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The physical therapy assistant 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 Physical Therapy Assistant Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Physical Therapy Assistant Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree physical therapy assistant students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy Assistant in Maine (With Aid)

#1

Kennebec Valley Community College

Fairfield, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$7,693 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physical Therapy Assistant Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennebec Valley Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Fairfield, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s physical therapy assistant degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Kennebec Valley Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Physical Therapy Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for Kennebec Valley Community College is $7,693 for maine associate degree physical therapy assistant students with aid.

Full Kennebec Valley Community College Physical Therapy Assistant Report

#2

University of Maine at Presque Isle

Presque Isle, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,637 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Presque Isle. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Physical Therapy Assistant Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. UMPI is located in Presque Isle, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 associates’s physical therapy assistant degrees to qualified students.

UMPI also made our “Best Physical Therapy Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $10,637 for Maine Associate Degree Physical Therapy Assistant students with aid per year to attend UMPI.

Full UMPI Physical Therapy Assistant Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy Assistant in the New England Region (With Aid)
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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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