2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Studies in Maine

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” 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.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank General Studies Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value General Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value General Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Studies in Maine

#1

Central Maine Community College

Auburn, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$7,029 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Auburn, Maine, and it awarded 77 associates’s general studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Maine Technical College also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $7,029 for maine associate degree general studies students per year to attend Central Maine Technical College.

Full Central Maine Community College General Studies 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

• *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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