2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Surgical Technology in Maine

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in Maine for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Surgical Technology is the 169th most popular major in the country with 7,583 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Maine, there were 13 surgical technology/technologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 surgical technology/technologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,263 and $19,245 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in Maine for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in surgical technology/technologist. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in surgical technology/technologist.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The surgical technology/technologist school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in Maine for an Associate”.

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Most Well Attended Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in Maine for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree surgical technology/technologist students.

Top 2 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Surgical Technology in Maine

1

Eastern Maine Community College
Bangor, Maine

#18 overall quality in Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Maine Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in Maine for an Associate list. This small school is located in Bangor, Maine, and it awarded 9 associates’s surgical technology/technologist degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Surgical Technology at Eastern Maine Community College

2

Southern Maine Community College
South Portland, Maine

#16 overall quality in Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in Maine for an Associate list. This medium-sized school is located in South Portland, Maine, and it awarded 4 associates’s surgical technology/technologist degrees in 2020-2021.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.