2022 Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

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Information Technology is the 46th most popular major in the country with 38,958 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,044 and had an average of $25,781 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 126 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,300 and $13,303 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 76 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent information technology programs, but they also cost less that 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 information technology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree it students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $75-$110k) in Maine

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$15,219 Average Net Price

$35,060 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Maine Community College is a medium-sized school located in South Portland, Maine that handed out 26 associates’s IT degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southern Maine Community College is $15,219 for Maine Associate Degree IT students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#2

Central Maine Community College

Auburn, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$11,864 Average Net Price

$35,988 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Maine Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Auburn, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s IT degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Central Maine Technical College also made our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Central Maine Community College is $11,864 for maine associate degree it students whose families make $75-$110k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Information Technology (Income $75-$110k)

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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