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2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

9 Ranked Colleges
168 Degrees Awarded
$7,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 77,593 people earned their degree in allied health and medical assisting services, making the major the 33rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, allied health and medical assisting services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,454 and had an average of $15,514 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 288 allied health and medical assisting services graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,990 and $15,691 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 168 allied health and medical assisting services graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in allied health and medical assisting services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent allied health and medical assisting services 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 allied health and medical assisting services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree medical assisting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 9 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennebec Valley Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Kennebec Valley Community College is a small public school situated in Fairfield, Maine. It awarded 33 associates’s medical assisting degrees in 2019-2020.

Kennebec Valley Community College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Kennebec Valley Community College is $5,662 for Maine Associate Degree Medical Assisting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Kennebec Valley Community College

#2

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. SMCC is located in South Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 associates’s medical assisting degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMCC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $8,902 for maine associate degree medical assisting students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Southern Maine Community College.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Maine Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Eastern Maine Community College is a small school located in Bangor, Maine that handed out 22 associates’s medical assisting degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Maine Community College also made our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $8,260 for maine associate degree medical assisting students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Eastern Maine Community College.

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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 #4 for the Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k. UMPI is a small school located in Presque Isle, Maine that handed out 18 associates’s medical assisting degrees in 2019-2020.

UMPI also took the #3 spot in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMPI is $9,206 for maine associate degree medical assisting students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full University of Maine at Presque Isle Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend York County Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Wells, Maine, this small public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified associates’s medical assisting students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maine associate degree medical assisting students whose families make $0-$30k list, York County Community College has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $5,865 for Maine Associate Degree Medical Assisting students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend York County Community College.

Full York County Community College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Report

Central Maine Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Central Maine Technical College is a public institution located in Auburn, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Maine Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $5,385 for maine associate degree medical assisting students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Central Maine Technical College.

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#7

Northern Maine Community College

Presque Isle, Maine

Northern Maine Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. Northern Maine Community College is a small public school situated in Presque Isle, Maine. It awarded 11 associates’s medical assisting degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Maine Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Maine Community College is $7,371 for maine associate degree medical assisting students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#8 in overall quality

University of Maine at Augusta did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #8. Augusta, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s medical assisting degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

UMA also made our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #8. The yearly cost to attend UMA is $9,287 for Maine Associate Degree Medical Assisting students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#9

Beal College

Bangor, Maine

Beal College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Beal College is a small private for-profit school situated in Bangor, Maine. It awarded 11 associates’s medical assisting degrees in 2019-2020.

Beal College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Full Beal College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Report

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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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