2022 Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in Maine

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in Maine” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 7,726 people earned their degree in fire science, making the major the 246th most popular in the United States.

Across Maine, there were 23 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 22 fire science graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

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

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fire science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Fire Science Schools for an Associate in Maine” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in Maine

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fire Science in Maine

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,647 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Fire Science Schools for an Associate in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in South Portland, Maine, and it awarded 17 associates’s fire science degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Fire Science Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The estimated yearly cost for SMCC is $10,647 for Maine Associate Degree Fire Science students.

Read more about Fire Science at SMCC

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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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