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Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Maine

2023 Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Maine

4 Schools Ranked
$5,251 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$14,121 Avg Student Debt

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

The Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Maine ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Maine to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

238 Total Awards
$3,687 Average Tuition & Fees
$15,786 Avg Student Debt

Our analysis found Kennebec Valley Community College to be the most popular school for trade school students who want to pursue a associate degree in Maine. Located in Fairfield, Maine, the small public school awarded 238 diplomas to qualifed associate degree students in 2021-2022.

Full-time students from Maine pay an average of $3,687 in tuition and fees if they choose to attend Kennebec Valley Community College. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $6,567. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $15,786 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 71% were women.

Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 52% took at least some of their classes online.

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94 Total Awards
$8,378 Average Tuition & Fees
$19,960 Avg Student Debt

The excellent associate degree programs at University of Maine at Augusta helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in Maine. UMA is located in Augusta, Maine and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 94 associate degrees to qualified students.

Students from Maine who attend UMA full time pay an average of $8,378 in tuition and fees. If you are from out of state, expect to pay an average of $19,778. Associate Degree recipients from UMA accumulate an average of $19,960 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 76% of those degree recipients were women.

Around 79% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

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3 Total Awards

The excellent associate degree programs at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in Maine. Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a small private not-for-profit school located in Standish, Maine that handed out 3 associate degrees in 2021-2022.

Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 31% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.

Full Saint Joseph’s College of Maine Report

31 Total Awards
$3,687 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend Washington County Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Maine list. Calais, Maine is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associate degrees to 31 students in 2021-2022.

Students from Maine who attend Washington County Community College full time pay an average of $3,687 in tuition and fees. Out-of-state students pay an average of $6,567. Around 65% of those degree recipients were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 55% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 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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