2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Machine Tool Technology/Machinist in Maine (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Machine Tool Technology/Machinist is the 449th most popular major in the country with 3,710 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maine, there were 63 machine tool technology/machinist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 34 machine tool technology/machinist graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in machine tool technology/machinist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality machine tool technology/machinist programs that also have a lower cost than 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 machine tool technology/machinist program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree machine tool tech students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Machine Tool Technology/Machinist in Maine (With Aid)

#1

Central Maine Community College

Auburn, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$7,029 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Maine Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. Central Maine Technical College is a small school located in Auburn, Maine that handed out 11 associates’s machine tool tech degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Maine Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $7,029 for Maine Associate Degree Machine Tool Tech students with aid per year to attend Central Maine Community College.

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#2

Kennebec Valley Community College

Fairfield, Maine

#3 in overall quality

$7,693 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennebec Valley Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Fairfield, Maine, this small public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified associates’s machine tool tech students in 2019-2020.

Kennebec Valley Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. It costs about $7,693 for Maine Associate Degree Machine Tool Tech students with aid per year to attend Kennebec Valley Community College.

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#3

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#2 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 #3 on our 2022 Best Value Machine Tool Tech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid list. Southern Maine Community College is a public institution located in South Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC also made our “Best Machine Tool Technology/Machinist Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend SMCC is $10,647 for Maine Associate Degree Machine Tool Tech students with aid.

Read more about Machine Tool Technology/Machinist at SMCC

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Machine Tool Technology/Machinist in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Machine Tool Technology/Machinist (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.

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