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

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

Biotechnology is the 171st most popular major in the country with 3,585 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, biotechnology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $50,092 and had an average of $32,815 in loans still to pay off.

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.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent biotechnology 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 biotechnology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Biotech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$8,902 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. South Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s biotech degrees to 5 students 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 Southern Maine Community College is $8,902 for maine associate degree biotech students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Biotechnology at Southern Maine Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Henk Caspers/Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

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