2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

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 Human Services Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Human Services is the 74th most popular major in the country with 12,645 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, human services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,302 and had an average of $28,284 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 89 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,660 and $21,598 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 84 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in human services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human services programs, but they also cost less that 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 human services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Human Services Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree human services students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

York County Community College

Wells, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$5,865 Average Net Price

$30,228 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend York County Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services 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 31 associates’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine associate degree human services students whose families make $0-$30k list, York County Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Human Services Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend York County Community College is $5,865 for maine associate degree human services students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full York County Community College Human Services Report

#2

Central Maine Community College

Auburn, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$5,385 Average Net Price

$26,353 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Human Services 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 awarded 21 degrees to qualified associates’s human services students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Central Maine Technical College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Human Services Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $5,385 for maine associate degree human services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Central Maine Community College.

Read more about Human Services at Central Maine Community College

#3

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$8,902 Average Net Price

$28,598 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in South Portland, Maine, and it awarded 11 associates’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMCC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Human Services Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $8,902 for Maine Associate Degree Human Services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SMCC.

Full Southern Maine Community College Human Services Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Human Services (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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