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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education in the New England Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
113 Degrees Awarded
$10,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 29,936 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. 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.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine
#1 in overall quality

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 Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. This medium-sized school is located in South Portland, Maine, and it awarded 22 associates’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMCC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southern Maine Community College is $10,647 for New England Region Associate Degree Education students with aid.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Maine Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Central Maine Technical College is located in Auburn, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 associates’s education degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Central Maine Technical College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $7,029 for New England Region Associate Degree Education students with aid per year to attend Central Maine Technical College.

Full Central Maine Technical College General Education Report

#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 Getting Aid. Bunker Hill Community College is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 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 $7,867 for new england region associate degree education students with aid.

Read more about General Education at Bunker Hill Community College

#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 #4 for the Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. York County Community College is located in Wells, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s education degrees to qualified students.

York County Community College also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $8,359 for New England Region Associate Degree Education students with aid per year to attend York County Community College.

Read more about General Education at York County Community College

#5

NHTI-Concord's Community College

Concord, New Hampshire
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, NHTI-Concord’s Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Concord, New Hampshire, this small public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified associates’s education students in 2019-2020.

NHTI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend NHTI is $19,717 for new england region associate degree education students with aid.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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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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