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Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine

2023 Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$6,747 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,865 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, health professions was the most popular one in Maine. In total, 2,935 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Maine.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 9 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for health professions 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 Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Health Professions

Our analysis found Eastern Maine Community College to be the best value school for health professions students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Maine. 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.

Eastern Maine Community College also took the #5 spot in our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Maine Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. Northern Maine Community College is a small public school located in the town of Presque Isle.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northern Maine Community College are $3,830 a year.

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#3

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, ME

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Southern Maine Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Maine. Located in the small city of South Portland, SMCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SMCC are $3,874 per year.

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Out of the 9 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Augusta landed the # 4 spot on the 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 also made our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine list, coming in at #2.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Maine Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. Central Maine Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Auburn.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Central Maine Technical College are $3,864 a year.

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University of Maine at Fort Kent ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. UMFK is a small public school located in the rural area of Fort Kent.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMFK are $8,505 per year.

UMFK not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine list.

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With a ranking of #7, Maine College of Health Professions did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. MCHP is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lewiston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MCHP are $14,911 per year.

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Beal College

Bangor, ME

Beal College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. Located in the city of Bangor, Beal College is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Beal College also took the #3 spot in our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine rankings.

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#8

Northeast Technical Institute

Scarborough, ME

Northeast Technical Institute did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Northeast Technical Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Scarborough.

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Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 5,813
Rhode Island 2,703
Massachusetts 18,440
Connecticut 7,729
Vermont 1,087

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596
Health Sciences & Services 35,945
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 29,833
Mental & Social Health Services 29,053
Medicine 28,629
Dental Support Services 26,399
Communication Sciences 22,298
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 20,393
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 18,901
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services 10,751
Health/Medical Prep Programs 9,210
Other Health Professions 7,984
Dentistry 6,770
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 6,158
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 5,115
Alternative Medicine & Systems 3,564
Chiropractic 2,658
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies 2,374
Medical Illustration & Informatics 2,089
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,775
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 960
Medical Science 909
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 294
Alternative Medical Support Services 227
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 68

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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