2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Public Administration & Social Service is the 14th most popular major in the country with 97,666 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public administration and social service graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,142 and had an average of $32,304 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 554 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,625 and $30,690 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 86 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in public administration and social service. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public administration and social service 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 public administration and social service program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in Maine (With Aid)

#1

York County Community College

Wells, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$8,359 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend York County Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. York County Community College is a small public school situated in Wells, Maine. It awarded 31 associates’s public administration and social service degrees in 2019-2020.

York County Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for York County Community College is $8,359 for Maine Associate Degree Public Administration & Social Service students with aid.

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#2

Central Maine Community College

Auburn, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$7,029 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Maine Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Auburn, Maine, this small public school handed out 21 diplomas to qualified associates’s public administration and social service students in 2019-2020.

Central Maine Technical College also made our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Central Maine Community College is $7,029 for Maine Associate Degree Public Administration & Social Service students with aid.

Read more about Public Administration & Social Service at Central Maine Community College

#3

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$10,647 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. Located in South Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified associates’s public administration and social service students in 2019-2020.

SMCC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SMCC is $10,647 for Maine Associate Degree Public Administration & Social Service students with aid.

Read more about Public Administration & Social Service at SMCC

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (With Aid)

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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