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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice Studies in Maine

5 Ranked Colleges
116 Degrees Awarded
$9,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for an Associate 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 “Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 46,252 people earned their degree in criminal justice studies, making the major the 16th most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 170 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 116 criminal justice studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in criminal justice studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality criminal justice 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 criminal justice studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree criminal justice studies students.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Criminal Justice Studies in Maine

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine list. South Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s criminal justice studies degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMCC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $10,647 for Maine Associate Degree Criminal Justice Studies students per year to attend Southern Maine Community College.

Read more about Criminal Justice Studies at SMCC

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Maine Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Auburn, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s criminal justice studies degrees to 42 students in 2019-2020.

Central Maine Technical College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. It costs about $7,029 for Maine Associate Degree Criminal Justice Studies students per year to attend Central Maine Technical College.

Read more about Criminal Justice Studies at Central Maine Community College

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend York County Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine list. This small school is located in Wells, Maine, and it awarded 11 associates’s criminal justice studies degrees in 2019-2020.

York County Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend York County Community College is $8,359 for maine associate degree criminal justice studies students.

Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at York County Community College

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Augusta. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine. Located in Augusta, Maine, this small public school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified associates’s criminal justice studies students in 2019-2020.

UMA also made our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $10,631 for maine associate degree criminal justice studies students per year to attend UMA.

Read full report on Criminal Justice Studies at University of Maine at Augusta

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Criminal Justice Studies Schools for an Associate in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Presque Isle landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Presque Isle, Maine, this small public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified associates’s criminal justice studies students in 2019-2020.

UMPI also took the #5 spot in our “Best Criminal Justice Studies Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine at Presque Isle is $10,637 for maine associate degree criminal justice studies students.

Full University of Maine at Presque Isle Criminal Justice 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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