2022 Best Value General Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 133,583 general studies students received their degree, making the major the 5th most popular in the country.

Across Maine, there were 139 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 112 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general studies programs, but they also cost less that 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 general studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree general studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Studies (Income $0-$30k) in Maine

#1

Central Maine Community College

Auburn, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$5,385 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Auburn, Maine, this small public school handed out 77 degrees to qualified associates’s general studies students in 2019-2020.

Central Maine Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for Central Maine Community College is $5,385 for Maine Associate Degree General Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on General Studies at Central Maine Technical College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Studies (Income $0-$30k)

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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