2023 Most Popular Colleges for Surgical Technology in Maine

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 7,583 people earned their degree in surgical technology/technologist, making the major the 169th most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 13 surgical technology/technologist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in Maine” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in surgical technology/technologist. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in surgical technology/technologist.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in Maine” list to help you make the college decision.

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Most Well Attended Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in Maine

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

Top 2 Most Popular Colleges for Surgical Technology in Maine

1

Eastern Maine Community College
Bangor, Maine

#18 overall quality in Maine

$40,182 Average Early-Career Earnings

$17,387 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Surgical Technology/Technologist Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Eastern Maine Community College is located in Bangor, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 ’s surgical technology/technologist degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Surgical Technology at Eastern Maine Community College

2

Southern Maine Community College
South Portland, Maine

#16 overall quality in Maine

$35,919 Average Early-Career Earnings

$14,115 Average Student Debt

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 list. This medium-sized school is located in South Portland, Maine, and it awarded 4 ’s surgical technology/technologist degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Southern 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

• *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.