2023 Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in Maine
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Trade School Basic Certificate Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Maine to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for trade school students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Trade Basic Certificate Schools in Maine
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Our analysis found Eastern Maine Community College to be the best value school for trade school students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Maine. Eastern Maine Community College is a small public school located in Bangor, Maine that handed out 6 basic certificates in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern Maine Community College are $6,757 per year.
One thing to take note of is that Eastern Maine Community College does offer online classes in some areas. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 66% took at least some of their classes online.
Eastern Maine Community College also made our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Maine list, coming in at #3.
Out of the 7 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Maine at Presque Isle landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in Presque Isle, Maine, the small public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualifed basic certificate students in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMPI are $13,520 per year.
Online courses are available at UMPI, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2020-2021 about 64% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
UMPI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Maine list.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Central Maine Community College is a great place for trade school students working on their basic certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Auburn, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out basic certificates to 7 students in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Central Maine Technical College are $6,640 per year.
Online courses are available at Central Maine Technical College, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 57% took at least some of their classes online.
Out of the 7 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s value ranking, Northern Maine Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northern Maine Community College are $6,610 per year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Northern Maine Community College does offer online classes for certain majors. During the 2020-2021 year, about 61% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent basic certificate programs at University of Maine helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade school schools in Maine. UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 54 basic certificates to qualified students.
UMaine undergraduate students pay an average of $33,736 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at UMaine. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 67% took at least some of their classes online.
UMaine did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Maine list.
With a ranking of #6, University of Southern Maine did quite well on this year’s best value schools for trade school students working on their basic certificate. Located in Portland, Maine, the medium-sized public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualifed basic certificate students in 2021-2022.
University of Southern Maine undergraduate students pay an average of $24,716 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at University of Southern Maine. In 2020-2021 about 66% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of Southern Maine did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Maine list.
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Saint Joseph’s Maine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Standish, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 29 basic certificates in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Saint Joseph’s Maine are $41,586 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Saint Joseph’s Maine. During the 2020-2021 year, about 31% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Saint Joseph’s Maine also took the #2 spot in our Best Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Maine rankings.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.
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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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