2023 Best Value Computer Science Schools in Maine
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
It's not easy to decide which computer science 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 and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Computer Science Degree Search has created the Best Value Computer Science Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best value programs for computer science 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.
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Top Value Computer Science Schools in Maine
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Our 2023 rankings named Southern Maine Community College the best value school in Maine for computer science students working on their degree. SMCC is a public institution located in South Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 48 degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at SMCC are $6,754 a year. Degree recipients from the school accumulate an average of $16,187 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Once they receive their degree, SMCC graduates enter the workforce, making an average salary of $35,919 during the early year of their career.
SMCC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Computer Science Schools in Maine list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Augusta. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Computer Science Schools in Maine list. Located in Augusta, Maine, the small public school awarded 57 diplomas to qualifed students in 2020-2021.
UMA undergraduate students pay an average of $19,238 in tuition and fees each year. Degree recipients from the school accumulate an average of $28,948 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Once they receive their degree, UMA graduates enter the workforce, making an average salary of $36,249 during the early year of their career.
UMA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Computer Science Schools in Maine list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Maine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Computer Science Schools in Maine list. Located in Portland, Maine, the medium-sized public school handed out 31 degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at University of Southern Maine are $23,881 a year. By the time they get their degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $24,922 in student loans.After graduating from University of Southern Maine, students go on to jobs where they make an average of $42,906 during the early years of their career.
University of Southern Maine also made our Best Computer Science Schools in Maine list, coming in at #3.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Computer Science Schools in Maine list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 38 students in 2020-2021.
UMaine undergraduate students pay an average of $33,586 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $24,711 in student loans. If you borrow this amount, expect your monthly student loan payment to be around $153, assuming you are on a 10-year repayment plan. During the early years of their career, UMaine graduates make an average of $40,242 annually.
UMaine not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Computer Science Schools in Maine list.
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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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