2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy Assistant in Maine

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Physical Therapy Assistant Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,902 people earned their degree in physical therapy assistant, making the major the 104th most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 24 physical therapy assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 24 physical therapy assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Physical Therapy Assistant Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in physical therapy assistant. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent physical therapy assistant programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the physical therapy assistant program at the school. 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 Physical Therapy Assistant Schools for an Associate in Maine” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Physical Therapy Assistant Schools for an Associate in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree physical therapy assistant students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Physical Therapy Assistant in Maine

#1

Kennebec Valley Community College

Fairfield, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$7,693 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Physical Therapy Assistant Schools for an Associate in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennebec Valley Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Fairfield, Maine, and it awarded 15 associates’s physical therapy assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

Kennebec Valley Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Physical Therapy Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for Kennebec Valley Community College is $7,693 for Maine Associate Degree Physical Therapy Assistant students.

Read full report on Physical Therapy Assistant at Kennebec Valley Community College

#2

University of Maine at Presque Isle

Presque Isle, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,637 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Presque Isle. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Physical Therapy Assistant Schools for an Associate in Maine. Presque Isle, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s physical therapy assistant degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine associate degree physical therapy assistant students list, UMPI has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Physical Therapy Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $10,637 for maine associate degree physical therapy assistant students per year to attend UMPI.

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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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