2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in Maine

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 10,363 people earned their degree in general hospitality administration/management, making the major the 80th most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 43 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 7 general hospitality administration/management graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general hospitality administration/management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general hospitality administration/management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general hospitality administration/management program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree hotel & restaurant management students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Hospitality Administration/Management in Maine

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in Maine list. This medium-sized school is located in South Portland, Maine, and it awarded 5 associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend SMCC is $10,647 for maine associate degree hotel & restaurant management students.

Read full report on General Hospitality Administration/Management at Southern Maine Community College

#2

York County Community College

Wells, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$8,359 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend York County Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Hotel & Restaurant Management Schools for an Associate in Maine. York County Community College is a small public school situated in Wells, Maine. It awarded 2 associates’s hotel and restaurant management degrees in 2019-2020.

York County Community College also made our “Best General Hospitality Administration/Management Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $8,359 for maine associate degree hotel & restaurant management students per year to attend York County Community College.

Full York County Community College General Hospitality 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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