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2023 Best Value Trade School Undergraduate 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Maine to see which undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine
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Our 2023 rankings named Eastern Maine Community College the best value school in Maine for trade school students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in Bangor, Maine, the small public school handed out 78 undergraduate certificate awards in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Eastern Maine Community College are $6,757 a year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $10,665 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at Eastern Maine Community College. During the 2020-2021 year, about 66% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Eastern Maine Community College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Maine list.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Northern Maine Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade school schools in Maine. Northern Maine Community College is located in Presque Isle, Maine and has a very small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 16 undergraduate certificates to qualified students.
Northern Maine Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,610 in tuition and fees each year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at Northern Maine Community College. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 61% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
Northern Maine Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Maine list.
Out of the 7 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s value ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. SMCC is located in South Portland, Maine and has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 72 undergraduate certificates to qualified students.
SMCC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,677 in tuition and fees each year.
Online courses are available at SMCC, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 71% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Maine at Augusta landed the # 4 spot on the list. University of Maine at Augusta is a small public school located in Augusta, Maine that handed out 36 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at UMA are $19,778 a year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $36,057 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UMA does offer online classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 79% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
UMA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Maine list.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Central Maine Community College is a great place for trade school students working on their undergraduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Central Maine Community College is a small public school located in Auburn, Maine that handed out 26 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
Central Maine Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,640 in tuition and fees each year.
Central Maine Technical College does offer online classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 57% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
University of Maine at Fort Kent ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine list.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at UMFK are $13,312 a year.
UMFK does offer online classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 63% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
UMFK also made our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Maine list, coming in at #4.
Beal College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. This very small private for-profit school is located in Bangor, Maine, and it awarded 23 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Beal College are $0 a year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at Beal College. In 2020-2021 about 95% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Beal College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Maine list.
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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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