2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in Maine

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 102,079 teacher education grade specific students received their degree, making the major the 7th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, teacher education grade specific graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,168 and had an average of $25,432 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 575 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,864 and $29,493 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 80 teacher education grade specific graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in teacher education grade specific. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great teacher education grade specific 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 teacher education grade specific program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Maine.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Grade Specific in Maine

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,647 Average Net Price

$23,456 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 Grade Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Maine. Southern Maine Community College is a medium-sized school located in South Portland, Maine that handed out 20 associates’s grade specific ed degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for SMCC is $10,647 for Maine Associate Degree Grade Specific Ed students.

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#2

Central Maine Community College

Auburn, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$7,029 Average Net Price

$26,625 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Maine 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 grade specific ed degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Central Maine Technical College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $7,029 for Maine Associate Degree Grade Specific Ed students per year to attend Central Maine Community College.

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#3

York County Community College

Wells, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$8,359 Average Net Price

$23,649 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend York County Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Grade Specific Ed Schools for an Associate in Maine. York County Community College is a public institution located in Wells, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

York County Community College also made our “Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for York County Community College is $8,359 for Maine Associate Degree Grade Specific Ed students.

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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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