Program Payoff

Business Administration, Management and Operations programs in Maine

18 schools in Maine teach this, at certificate or associate level. 4 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $41,193 at York County Community College.

What this work pays in Maine

General and Operations Managers in Maine earn a median of $98,860 a year across 14,770 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Maine
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$67,5306,000
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$53,5805,760
Business Operations Specialists, All Other$78,8304,230
Financial Managers$133,6103,120
Human Resources Specialists$71,6303,020

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
York County Community College Wells Associate's degree $41,193 (14 grads) 16
Southern Maine Community College South Portland Associate's degree $9,150 $30,409 (74 grads) 91
Central Maine Community College Auburn Associate's degree $12,800 $30,228 (36 grads) 34
Northern Maine Community College Presque Isle Associate's degree $21,964 (13 grads) 7
Eastern Maine Community College Bangor Associate's degree not published 32
Beal University Bangor Associate's degree not published 9
Central Maine Community College Auburn Undergraduate certificate not published 4
Husson University Bangor Undergraduate certificate not published 3
Husson University Bangor Associate's degree not published
Thomas College Waterville Associate's degree not published 2
University of Maine at Augusta Augusta Associate's degree not published 8
University of Maine at Farmington Farmington Undergraduate certificate not published 1
University of Maine at Fort Kent Fort Kent Associate's degree not published 0
University of Maine at Presque Isle Presque Isle Undergraduate certificate not published 2
University of Southern Maine Portland Undergraduate certificate not published 1
University of Southern Maine Portland Associate's degree not published 0
Washington County Community College Calais Associate's degree not published 2
York County Community College Wells Undergraduate certificate not published 8

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.