2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Maine
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 CompSci Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2019-2020, 53,722 people earned their degree in computer science, making the major the 19th most popular in the United States. 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.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent computer science programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value CompSci Schools for an Associate in Maine
The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree compsci students.
Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Maine
Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value CompSci Schools for an Associate in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in South Portland, Maine, this medium-sized public school awarded 11 degrees to qualified associates’s compsci students in 2019-2020.
SMCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Computer Science Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $10,647 for Maine Associate Degree CompSci students per year to attend Southern Maine Community College.
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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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