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2022 Best Value CompSci Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
15 Degrees Awarded
$8,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value CompSci Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 CompSci Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Computer Science is the 19th most popular major in the country with 53,722 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, computer science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,561 and had an average of $23,565 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 126 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $88,700 and $23,922 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 15 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality computer science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the computer science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree compsci students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine
#1 in overall quality
$8,902 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 CompSci Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in South Portland, Maine, and it awarded 11 associates’s compsci degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for SMCC is $8,902 for maine associate degree compsci students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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%.

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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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