2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Maine (With Aid)

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 IT Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in information technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality information technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the information technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree it students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Information Technology in Maine (With Aid)

#1

Central Maine Community College

Auburn, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$7,029 Average Net Price

$35,988 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Maine Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value IT Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid. Central Maine Technical College is located in Auburn, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 associates’s IT degrees to qualified students.

Central Maine Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for Central Maine Community College is $7,029 for Maine Associate Degree IT students with aid.

Read full report on Information Technology at Central Maine Technical College

#2

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,647 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. South Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s IT degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

SMCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $10,647 for maine associate degree it students with aid per year to attend SMCC.

Read more about Information Technology at SMCC

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Information Technology (With Aid)

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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