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2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$5,384 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,716 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services School for You

In 2020-2021, allied health and medical assisting services students earned 118 degrees and certificates from a Maine school, making the subject the 8th in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in Maine ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Maine to see which programs offered the best value experiences for medical assisting students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in Maine

Check out the medical assisting programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality in Allied Health Services

$3,865 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Eastern Maine Community College the best value school in Maine for allied health and medical assisting services students. Located in the city of Bangor, Eastern Maine Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Eastern Maine Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,865 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, medical assisting graduates from Eastern Maine Community College carry an average student debtload of $14,976.

Eastern Maine Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Allied Health Services Schools in Maine list.

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$3,830 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 8 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Maine Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Northern Maine Community College is a small public school located in the remote town of Presque Isle.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northern Maine Community College are $3,830 per year. While working on their degree, medical assisting majors at Northern Maine Community College accumulate an average of around $13,625 in student debt.

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#3

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, ME
$3,874 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Southern Maine Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best allied health and medical assisting services schools in Maine. Located in the small city of South Portland, SMCC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SMCC are $3,874 a year. The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at SMCC take out is $15,249.

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$3,864 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Central Maine Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best allied health and medical assisting services schools in Maine. Central Maine Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Auburn.

Central Maine Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,864 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$8,495 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Maine at Presque Isle. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in Maine list. Located in the rural area of Presque Isle, UMPI is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMPI are $8,495 per year.

UMPI also made our Best Allied Health Services Schools in Maine list, coming in at #1.

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$8,378 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Maine at Augusta did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for allied health and medical assisting services students. It came in at #6 on the list. UMA is a small public school located in the town of Augusta.

UMA undergraduate students pay an average of $8,378 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, medical assisting majors at UMA accumulate an average of around $26,625 in student debt.

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#7

Beal College

Bangor, ME

Beal College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value allied health and medical assisting services programs. Located in the small city of Bangor, Beal College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at Beal College take out is $20,014.

Beal College also made our Best Allied Health Services Schools in Maine list, coming in at #2.

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#7

Northeast Technical Institute

Scarborough, ME

With a ranking of #7, Northeast Technical Institute did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health and medical assisting services students. Northeast Technical Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Scarborough.

After completing their degree, medical assisting graduates from Northeast Technical Institute carry an average student debtload of $8,708. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $102, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 202
Connecticut 390
New Hampshire 39
Vermont 14
Rhode Island 96

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Medical Assisting Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Medical/Clinical Assistant 56,466
Physical Therapy Assistant 7,420
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant 7,393
Occupational Therapist Assistant 4,848
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services 3,493
Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) 3,031
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant 709
Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant 365
Anesthesiologist Assistant 327
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant 189
Radiologist Assistant 109
Pathology/Pathologist Assistant 97
Lactation Consultant 45

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 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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