Colleges in Maine
Solyo has full profiles for 4 colleges in Maine: 1 public, 3 private nonprofit. The median family here pays $17,510 a year after grant aid, $4,055 below the national median. Half of these schools admit more than 13% of applicants. They sit across 4 cities, concentrated in Brunswick, Lewiston, Orono.
What Maine costs
Published in-state tuition at the median Maine public university is $13,326 a year before aid. Residency is worth the most at University of Maine, where an out-of-state family pays $23,430 more for the same degree.
After grants and scholarships the range runs from $14,398 at Bowdoin College to $29,351 at Bates College. That spread is the reason a sticker price is a poor way to build a list in Maine.
Why net price beats sticker price, and what an average one does and does not tell a particular family.
How selective Maine schools are
Colby College admits 7% of applicants and University of Maine admits 97%. A list drawn only from the selective end of that range has no likely school in it, which is the most common mistake in a first draft.
The highest average SAT reported in Maine is 1520 at Bowdoin College.
Every Maine college profile
Ordered by selectivity, most selective first.
- Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine · Private nonprofit7% acceptance · $17,180 net price · 1501 avg SAT
- Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine · Private nonprofit7% acceptance · $14,398 net price · 1520 avg SAT
- Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine · Private nonprofit13% acceptance · $29,351 net price · 1468 avg SAT
- University of MaineOrono, Maine · Public97% acceptance · $17,510 net price
Other Northeast states
On median net price Maine is the 1st most affordable of the 9 Northeast states in this directory, and the 9th most accessible on median acceptance rate. In-state pricing makes the neighbouring states worth checking too.
- New York (27)
- Pennsylvania (26)
- Massachusetts (18)
- New Jersey (10)
- Connecticut (7)
- Rhode Island (5)
- New Hampshire (3)
- Vermont (3)
Where to go next
- College search filter Maine and every other state by major, cost and selectivity
- How to read these numbers what each figure on a profile measures
- Scholarship directory awards with published odds, filterable by state
- All 50 states and Washington D.C.