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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education in the New England Region

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

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 “Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” 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” 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

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

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education in the New England Region

#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. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Maine Community College is $10,647 for New England Region Associate Degree Education students.

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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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. Central Maine Technical College is a small school located in Auburn, Maine that handed out 10 associates’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region associate degree education students list, Central Maine Technical College has also earned the #2 rank 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 per year to attend Central Maine Community College.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend York County Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. Wells, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s education degrees to 5 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 $8,359 for New England Region Associate Degree Education students per year to attend York County Community College.

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#4

Bunker Hill Community College

Boston, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bunker Hill Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 5 associates’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region associate degree education students list, BHCC has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bunker Hill Community College is $7,867 for new england region associate degree education students.

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#5

NHTI-Concord's Community College

Concord, New Hampshire
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend NHTI-Concord’s Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Education Schools for an Associate in the New England Region. NHTI is a public institution located in Concord, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NHTI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for NHTI-Concord’s Community College is $19,717 for new england region associate degree education students.

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.

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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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