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2024 Best Value Colleges for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services in Maine

6 Ranked Colleges
300 Degrees Awarded
$10,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Medical Assisting Schools in Maine

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Medical Assisting Schools in Maine” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is the 48th most popular major in the country with 84,492 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, allied health & medical assisting services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,905 and had an average of $16,497 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 300 allied health & medical assisting services graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,716 and $18,898 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Medical Assisting Schools in Maine” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in allied health & medical assisting services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality allied health & medical assisting services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the allied health & medical assisting services 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 Medical Assisting Schools in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Medical Assisting Schools in Maine.

Top 6 Best Value Colleges for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services in Maine

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Southern Maine Community College
South Portland, Maine

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 Medical Assisting Schools in Maine. This medium-sized school is located in South Portland, Maine, and it awarded 31 ’s medical assisting degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our maine medical assisting students list, SMCC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Maine Community College is $10,703 for maine medical assisting students.

Full Southern Maine Community College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Presque Isle. It ranked #2 on our 2024 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools in Maine list. Presque Isle, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s medical assisting degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our maine medical assisting students list, UMPI has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMPI is $10,823 for maine medical assisting students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Maine Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2024 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools in Maine list. Located in Bangor, Maine, this small public school awarded 60 degrees to qualified ’s medical assisting students in 2020-2021.

Eastern Maine Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Maine Community College is $10,571 for Maine Medical Assisting students.

Full Eastern Maine Community College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Maine Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Medical Assisting Schools in Maine. Central Maine Community College is a small public school situated in Auburn, Maine. It awarded 6 ’s medical assisting degrees in 2020-2021.

Central Maine Technical College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Central Maine Technical College is $10,316 for maine medical assisting students.

Full Central Maine Community College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Maine Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2024 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools in Maine list. Northern Maine Community College is a public institution located in Presque Isle, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Northern Maine Community College also made our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Northern Maine Community College is $9,352 for maine medical assisting students.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Northern Maine Community College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Report

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With a ranking of #6, University of Maine at Augusta did quite well on the 2024 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools in Maine list. Located in Augusta, Maine, this small public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified ’s medical assisting students in 2020-2021.

UMA also made our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $10,811 for Maine Medical Assisting students per year to attend University of Maine at Augusta.

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