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 analysis found Eastern Maine Community College to be the best value school for trade school students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Maine. Eastern Maine Community College is a small public school situated in Bangor, Maine. It awarded 78 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
Eastern Maine Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,757 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $10,665 in student loans.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Eastern Maine Community College does offer online classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 66% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
Eastern Maine Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #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. This very small public school is located in Presque Isle, Maine, and it awarded 16 undergraduate certificates in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Northern Maine Community College are $6,610 a 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. 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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Maine Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine 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.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at SMCC. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 71% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Maine at Augusta. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. Located in Augusta, Maine, the small public school awarded 36 diplomas to qualifed undergraduate certificate students in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMA are $19,778 per year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $36,057 in loans while pursuing 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. In 2020-2021 about 79% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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. Located in Auburn, Maine, the small public school awarded 26 diplomas to qualifed undergraduate certificate students in 2021-2022.
Central Maine Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,640 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Central Maine Technical College. 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 landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate trade school programs.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMFK are $13,312 per year.
Online courses are available at UMFK, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2020-2021 year, about 63% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
UMFK also made our Best Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Maine list, coming in at #4.
Beal College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate trade school programs. Bangor, Maine is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out undergraduate certificates to 23 students in 2021-2022.
Beal College undergraduate students pay an average of $0 in tuition and fees each year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Beal College does offer online classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 95% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
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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