2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in Maine (With Aid)

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 “Best Value Health Science Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Health Sciences & Services is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 31,648 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, health sciences and services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,571 and had an average of $24,129 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 259 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,533 and $21,501 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 54 health sciences and services graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Health Science Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health sciences and services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health sciences and services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the health sciences and 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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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 “Best Value Health Science Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Health Science Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree health science students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in Maine (With Aid)

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,647 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. Southern Maine Community College is a medium-sized school located in South Portland, Maine that handed out 40 associates’s health science degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Maine Community College is $10,647 for Maine Associate Degree Health Science students with aid.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Southern Maine Community College

#2

York County Community College

Wells, Maine

#2 in overall quality

$8,359 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend York County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Health Science Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. York County Community College is a public institution located in Wells, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

York County Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Health Sciences & Services Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $8,359 for Maine Associate Degree Health Science students with aid per year to attend York County Community College.

Full York County Community College Health Sciences & Services Report

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Health Sciences & Services (With Aid)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

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