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2022 Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
113 Degrees Awarded
$9,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 2,638 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,821 and $27,222 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 113 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general education 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 general education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree education students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Southern Maine Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in South Portland, Maine. It awarded 22 associates’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $8,902 for new england region associate degree education students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SMCC.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend York County Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Wells, Maine, this small public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s education students in 2019-2020.

York County Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $5,865 for new england region associate degree education students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend York County Community College.

Read full report on General Education at York County Community College

#3

Bunker Hill Community College

Boston, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bunker Hill Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 5 associates’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BHCC, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend BHCC is $7,337 for new england region associate degree education students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Maine Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Auburn, Maine, this small public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified associates’s education students in 2019-2020.

Central Maine Technical College also made our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $5,385 for new england region associate degree education students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Central Maine Community College.

Full Central Maine Community College General Education Report

#5

NHTI-Concord's Community College

Concord, New Hampshire
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend NHTI-Concord’s Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Concord, New Hampshire, and it awarded 10 associates’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NHTI, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NHTI is $18,044 for new england region associate degree education students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on General Education at NHTI

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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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