2022 Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for an Associate in Maine
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
With 259,493 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, registered nursing is the 3rd most popular major in the United States.
Across Maine, there were 754 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 294 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in registered nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality registered nursing 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 registered nursing 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 Registered Nursing Schools for an Associate in Maine
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for an Associate in Maine.
Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in Maine
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for an Associate in Maine list. SMCC is located in South Portland, Maine and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 83 associates’s registered nursing degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our maine associate degree registered nursing students list, SMCC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Registered Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Maine Community College is $10,647 for Maine Associate Degree Registered Nursing students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maine College of Health Professions. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for an Associate in Maine. Maine College of Health Professions is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lewiston, Maine. It awarded 39 associates’s registered nursing degrees in 2019-2020.
MCHP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Registered Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for MCHP is $16,172 for maine associate degree registered nursing students.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for an Associate in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Maine Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Bangor, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s registered nursing degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our maine associate degree registered nursing students list, Eastern Maine Community College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Registered Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $10,259 for Maine Associate Degree Registered Nursing students per year to attend Eastern Maine Community College.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Maine Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for an Associate in Maine list. Northern Maine Community College is located in Presque Isle, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 associates’s registered nursing degrees to qualified students.
Northern Maine Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Registered Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend Northern Maine Community College is $9,206 for maine associate degree registered nursing students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kennebec Valley Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for an Associate in Maine. Kennebec Valley Community College is a small public school situated in Fairfield, Maine. It awarded 38 associates’s registered nursing degrees in 2019-2020.
Kennebec Valley Community College also made our “Best Registered Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $7,693 for maine associate degree registered nursing students per year to attend Kennebec Valley Community College.
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With a ranking of #6, Central Maine Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for an Associate in Maine list. This small school is located in Auburn, Maine, and it awarded 37 associates’s registered nursing degrees in 2019-2020.
Central Maine Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Registered Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for Central Maine Technical College is $7,029 for maine associate degree registered nursing students.
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University of Maine at Presque Isle landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Registered Nursing Schools for an Associate in Maine ranking. UMPI is a public institution located in Presque Isle, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UMPI also took the #6 spot in our “Best Registered Nursing Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Maine at Presque Isle is $10,637 for maine associate degree registered nursing students.
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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%.
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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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