2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Maine

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Maine” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 59,565 people earned their degree in computer science, making the major the 12th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, computer science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $67,538 and had an average of $23,620 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 145 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,664 and $27,234 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 19 computer science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,263 and $19,245 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Maine” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in computer science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their computer science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree compsci students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Computer Science in Maine

1

Southern Maine Community College
South Portland, Maine

#16 overall quality in Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Maine Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Maine. Southern Maine Community College is a medium-sized school located in South Portland, Maine that handed out 16 associates’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Computer Science at SMCC

2

York County Community College
Wells, Maine

#13 overall quality in Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend York County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on CompSci Major in Maine list. This small school is located in Wells, Maine, and it awarded 3 associates’s compsci degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Computer Science at York County 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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