2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Maine
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree School for You
Business, Management & Marketing is one of the most popular subjects to study in Maine. With 1,747 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Maine ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for business, management and marketing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Business, Management & Marketing
Our 2023 rankings named Southern Maine Community College the best value school in Maine for business, management and marketing students working on their associate degree. Located in the small city of South Portland, SMCC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
SMCC undergraduate students pay an average of $3,874 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Central Maine Community College is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their associate degree. Central Maine Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Auburn.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Central Maine Technical College are $3,864 per year.
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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 #3 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Maine list. UMA is a small public school located in the distant town of Augusta.
UMA undergraduate students pay an average of $8,378 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
UMA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Maine list.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Eastern Maine Community College is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their associate degree. Located in the small city of Bangor, Eastern Maine Community College is a public college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern Maine Community College are $3,865 per year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Maine is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMaine are $11,986 per year.
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With a ranking of #6, Husson University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their associate degree. Husson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bangor.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Husson are $19,790 per year.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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New Hampshire | 12,548 |
Rhode Island | 4,236 |
Massachusetts | 24,857 |
Connecticut | 8,731 |
Vermont | 1,405 |
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Majors Related to Business, Management & Marketing
Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Business Administration & Management | 416,590 |
Accounting | 99,265 |
Finance & Financial Management | 57,778 |
General Business/Commerce | 56,042 |
Marketing | 52,916 |
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 43,382 |
Human Resource Management | 28,787 |
Business Support & Assistant Services | 19,119 |
Hospitality Management | 17,689 |
Management Information Systems | 13,680 |
Entrepreneurial Studies | 11,319 |
International Business | 9,101 |
Real Estate | 6,547 |
General Sales & Marketing | 5,923 |
Business/Managerial Economics | 5,667 |
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing | 5,191 |
Other Business, Management & Marketing | 4,822 |
Construction Management | 3,846 |
Insurance | 1,809 |
Taxation | 1,547 |
Business/Corporate Communications | 1,029 |
Telecommunications Management | 55 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 6 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 Amit Savargaonkar.
More about our data sources and methodologies.