2023 Best Value 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 students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Maine to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine
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Our analysis found Eastern Maine Community College to be the best value school for students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Maine. Eastern Maine Community College is a public institution located in Bangor, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 129 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern Maine Community College are $6,745 per year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $17,328 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Online courses are available at Eastern Maine Community College, 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, 34% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Eastern Maine Community College also took the #5 spot in our Best Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine rankings.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Maine Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. Presque Isle, Maine is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out undergraduate certificates to 51 students in 2020-2021.
Northern Maine Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,710 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $12,410 in student loans.
One thing to take note of is that Northern Maine Community College does offer online classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 68% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. SMCC is a public institution located in South Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 56 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SMCC are $6,754 per year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $15,797 in student loans.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at SMCC. In fact, around 81% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Maine Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. Central Maine Technical College is a public institution located in Auburn, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Central Maine Technical College are $6,744 per 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, 74% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at University of Maine at Augusta helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value schools in Maine. University of Maine at Augusta is a small public school located in Augusta, Maine that handed out 27 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at UMA are $19,238 a year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $34,964 in student loans.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at UMA. In 2019-2020 about 86% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UMA is ranked #2 for overall quality in Maine.
University of Maine at Fort Kent landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate programs. UMFK is located in Fort Kent, Maine and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 undergraduate certificates to qualified students.
UMFK undergraduate students pay an average of $12,915 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at UMFK. During the 2019-2020 year, about 69% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
UMFK also made our Best Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine list, coming in at #4.
Husson University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. Husson is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bangor, Maine. It awarded 1 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Husson are $19,790 a year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $25,548 in student loans.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Husson does offer online classes for certain majors. In fact, around 83% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Husson is ranked #1 for overall quality in Maine.
Beal College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for students to get an undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Beal College is located in Bangor, Maine and has a very small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 47 undergraduate certificates to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Beal College are $0 a year.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Beal College. Every undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Beal College is ranked #3 for overall quality in Maine.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 8 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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