2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Welding Technology/Welder in Maine

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wielding Major in Maine” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 42,490 people earned their degree in welding technology/welder, making the major the 215th most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 52 welding technology/welder graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 18 welding technology/welder graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,263 and $19,245 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wielding Major in Maine” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in welding technology/welder. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their welding technology/welder program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wielding Major in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree wielding students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Welding Technology/Welder in Maine

1

Beal College
Bangor, Maine

#19 overall quality in Maine

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wielding Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Beal College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Bangor, Maine, and it awarded 8 associates’s wielding degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Read full report on Welding Technology/Welder at Beal College

2

Eastern Maine Community College
Bangor, Maine

#18 overall quality in Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Maine Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Wielding Major in Maine list. Located in Bangor, Maine, this small public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified associates’s wielding students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Welding Technology/Welder at Eastern Maine Community College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Welding Technology/Welder in the New England Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Welding Technology/Welder

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.