2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in Maine

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 Biotech Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Biotechnology is the 242nd most popular major in the country with 3,585 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maine, there were 5 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 5 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biotechnology programs that also have a lower cost than 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 biotechnology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The biotech 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 Biotech Schools for an Associate in Maine”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree biotech students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in Maine

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,647 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 #1 for the Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in Maine. SMCC is a public institution located in South Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Biotechnology Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for SMCC is $10,647 for maine associate degree biotech students.

Read more about Biotechnology at SMCC

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Henk Caspers/Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

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