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2022 Best Value Business Administration Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
214 Degrees Awarded
$10,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Business Administration Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Business Administration Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Business Administration & Management is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 404,734 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, business administration and management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,740 and had an average of $29,113 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 996 business administration and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,507 and $28,005 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 214 business administration and management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Business Administration Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in business administration and management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality business administration and management 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 business administration and management program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Business Administration Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Business Administration Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Business Administration Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Business Administration & Management (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Business Administration Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in South Portland, Maine, and it awarded 64 associates’s business administration degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for SMCC is $9,024 for Maine Associate Degree Business Administration students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Business Administration & Management at Southern Maine Community College

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Business Administration Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Maine Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Central Maine Technical College is a small school located in Auburn, Maine that handed out 54 associates’s business administration degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Maine Technical College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $5,679 for Maine Associate Degree Business Administration students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Central Maine Community College.

Read more about Business Administration & Management at Central Maine Technical College

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Business Administration Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, York County Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. York County Community College is located in Wells, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 associates’s business administration degrees to qualified students.

York County Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $6,809 for Maine Associate Degree Business Administration students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend York County Community College.

Full York County Community College Business Administration & Management Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Fort Kent. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Business Administration Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k list. Fort Kent, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s business administration degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UMFK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for UMFK is $9,204 for Maine Associate Degree Business Administration students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full University of Maine at Fort Kent Business Administration & Management Report

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Business Administration Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Augusta landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Augusta, Maine, this small public school handed out 15 degrees to qualified associates’s business administration students in 2019-2020.

UMA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $8,986 for maine associate degree business administration students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UMA.

Read more about Business Administration & Management at UMA

#6

Husson University

Bangor, Maine
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Husson University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Business Administration Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k list. Husson University is located in Bangor, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 associates’s business administration degrees to qualified students.

Husson also took the #4 spot in our “Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Husson University is $13,868 for maine associate degree business administration students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Business Administration & Management at Husson

#7

Thomas College

Waterville, Maine
#5 in overall quality

Thomas College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Thomas College is a small school located in Waterville, Maine that handed out 3 associates’s business administration degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine associate degree business administration students whose families make $30-$48k list, Thomas College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $17,535 for Maine Associate Degree Business Administration students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Thomas College.

Full Thomas College Business Administration & Management Report

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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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