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Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Maine

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$3,779 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,909 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree School for You

Engineering Technologies is one of the most popular subjects to study in Maine. With 273 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

The Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Maine ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for engineering tech students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Maine

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering tech majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Engineering Technologies

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, ME

Our 2023 rankings named Southern Maine Community College the best value school in Maine for engineering technologies students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of South Portland, SMCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SMCC are $3,797 a year.

SMCC also made our Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Trade Schools in Maine list, coming in at #5.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Maine Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Schools in Maine list. Central Maine Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Auburn.

Central Maine Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,760 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Engineering Technologies at Central Maine Community College Report

Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Engineering Technologies Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 227
Connecticut 676
Rhode Island 181
Massachusetts 569
Vermont 80

Engineering Tech Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Industrial Production Technology 11,288
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 10,780
Environmental Control Technology 9,376
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 8,822
Electronics Engineering Technology 8,347
Engineering-Related Fields 6,553
Mechanical Engineering Technology 6,205
Construction Engineering Technology 4,299
General Engineering Technology 3,841
Quality Control Technology 3,720
Computer Engineering Technology 3,509
Engineering Technology (Other) 1,907
Energy Systems Technologies 1,277
Architectural Engineering Technology 1,239
Civil Engineering Technology 1,155
Engineering-Related Technologies 969
Mining & Petroleum Technology 410
Nuclear Engineering Technology 235
Nanotechnology 104

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KUKA Systems GmbH.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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