2022 Best Value Surgical Technology/Technologist Schools for an Associate in Maine

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Surgical Technology/Technologist Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Surgical Technology is the 178th most popular major in the country with 7,150 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maine, there were 12 surgical technology/technologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 12 surgical technology/technologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Surgical Technology/Technologist Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in surgical technology/technologist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality surgical technology/technologist programs that also have a lower cost than 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 surgical technology/technologist program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Surgical Technology/Technologist Schools for an Associate in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Surgical Technology/Technologist Schools for an Associate in Maine.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Surgical Technology in Maine

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,647 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Surgical Technology/Technologist Schools for an Associate in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in South Portland, Maine, and it awarded 2 associates’s surgical technology/technologist degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Surgical Technology Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $10,647 for Maine Associate Degree Surgical Technology/Technologist students per year to attend SMCC.

Read full report on Surgical Technology at Southern Maine Community College

#2

Eastern Maine Community College

Bangor, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$10,259 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Maine Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Surgical Technology/Technologist Schools for an Associate in Maine list. Bangor, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s surgical technology/technologist degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Eastern Maine Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Surgical Technology Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for Eastern Maine Community College is $10,259 for Maine Associate Degree Surgical Technology/Technologist students.

Full Eastern Maine Community College Surgical Technology 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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