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Maine Colleges by the Numbers

18 college profiles in our Maine directory. Available measures vary by school. Open a profile to check each figure’s year, student group and source.

State overview and medians

Among the listed schools with reported rates, the lowest historical acceptance rate is at Colby College at 7.1% admitted; the highest is at University of Maine at Presque Isle at 99.9%. Reported tuition (in-state for public schools) runs from $8,888 at the cheapest campus to $69,600 at the most expensive — a $60,712 spread inside Maine alone. Maine's ten-year earnings benchmark of $48,653 sits 10% below the national median of reported school-level earnings in the reference group, not the median income of all college students.

In the Fall 2024 filings for Maine, 1 listed school reported requiring test scores and 6 reported not considering them. 2 had no recorded policy. Check each school's current admissions requirements. Maine has 18 college profiles in this directory; available measures vary by school — from University of Maine at 8,496 undergraduates down to campuses a fraction of that size.

Each Maine profile names its data years and student groups. Check these before comparing Maine schools.

Maine medians

Acceptance rate	Tuition (in-state)	Median annual earnings, 10 years after entry	6-year graduation: first-time, full-time entrants
81%	$23,304	$48,653	54.9%

Medians across 17 active bachelor's-degree institutions in Maine; the directory below lists 18 published profiles. These are medians of school-level figures, not medians across all students. Missing measures are excluded from each median.

All Maine colleges in our data

Admissions and score ranges: Fall 2024. Tuition is published price, not total attendance cost; public-school prices are in-state. Scroll the table sideways for more measures.

College	City	Acceptance	SAT section sums / ACT	Tuition	Undergrads	Annual earnings, 10 years after entry
Bates College	Lewiston	13.3%	1420–1530	$66,590	1,760	$69,498
Bowdoin College	Brunswick	7.1%	1470–1550	$67,832	1,873	$82,735
Colby College	Waterville	7.1%	1460–1550	$69,600	2,407	$80,490
College of the Atlantic	Bar Harbor	70.2%	1240–1430	$47,997	353	$40,264
Husson University	Bangor	81%	1065–1275	$23,304	2,618	$45,025
Maine College of Art & Design	Portland	76.1%	not considered	$42,942	415	$40,778
Maine College of Health Professions	Lewiston	—	—	$20,952	239	$79,840
Maine Maritime Academy	Castine	54.1%	1095–1260	$15,158	942	$89,964
Saint Joseph's College of Maine	Standish	83.5%	960–1150	$44,420	964	$59,045
Thomas College	Waterville	96.3%	not considered	$31,824	647	$44,991
Unity Environmental University	New Gloucester	—	—	$12,640	6,483	$37,852
University of Maine	Orono	96.6%	not considered	$13,326	8,496	$48,653
University of Maine at Augusta	Augusta	—	—	$8,888	2,659	$40,342
University of Maine at Farmington	Farmington	96.7%	995–1245	$11,308	1,140	$44,433
University of Maine at Fort Kent	Fort Kent	97.9%	not considered	$9,420	599	$51,077
University of Maine at Presque Isle	Presque Isle	99.9%	not considered	$9,402	1,913	$40,956
University of New England	Biddeford	91.6%	not considered	$44,210	2,135	$55,921
University of Southern Maine	Portland	79.2%	990–1250	$11,284	4,222	$49,958

Scores shown are among students who submitted them; "not considered" describes that historical cycle. SAT endpoints sum section percentiles and are not total-score percentiles or admission cutoffs. A dash means the measure is unavailable in this source, not zero. School profiles explain missing and withheld values.

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release. The summary snapshot does not verify the exact observation years for earnings; it must not be read as current pay. Annual earnings cover federally aided students who worked and were not enrolled when measured, 10 years after entry, and may be shared across institutions. See each profile for its source limitations. Retrieved 2026-09-01.