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Colleges in Maine

Maine has 29 degree-granting colleges and universities in the federal directory: 14 public, 14 private nonprofit and 1 for-profit. Together they enroll about 55,000 undergraduates. Largest by enrollment: University of Maine, with 8,496. They're listed A to Z: the Almanac doesn't rank colleges.

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CollegeNet price Admit rate Graduation Undergrads
Bates CollegeLewiston · Private nonprofit
$27,39013%88%1,760
Beal UniversityBangor · Private for-profit
$49,163Not reported29%484
Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick · Private nonprofit
$15,5957%93%1,873
Central Maine Community CollegeAuburn · Public
$5,388Not reportedNot reported2,952
Colby CollegeWaterville · Private nonprofit
$19,8357%87%2,407
College of the AtlanticBar Harbor · Private nonprofit
$24,46570%73%353
Eastern Maine Community CollegeBangor · Public
$8,127Not reportedNot reported1,840
Husson UniversityBangor · Private nonprofit
$22,14681%60%2,618
Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual ArtsPortland · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Kennebec Valley Community CollegeFairfield · Public
$7,256Not reportedNot reported1,597
Maine College of Art & DesignPortland · Private nonprofit
$40,80176%51%415
Maine College of Health ProfessionsLewiston · Private nonprofit
$25,83871%70%239
Maine Maritime AcademyCastine · Public
$21,07854%58%942
Maine Media CollegeRockport · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported3
Northern Maine Community CollegePresque Isle · Public
$7,369Not reportedNot reported638
Saint Joseph's College of MaineStandish · Private nonprofit
$29,02984%56%964
Southern Maine Community CollegeSouth Portland · Public
$11,277Not reportedNot reported5,675
The Landing SchoolArundel · Private nonprofit
$38,071Not reportedNot reported32
Thomas CollegeWaterville · Private nonprofit
$23,73996%58%647
Unity Environmental UniversityNew Gloucester · Private nonprofit
$20,750Not reported20%6,483
University of MaineOrono · Public
$17,22497%57%8,496
University of Maine at AugustaAugusta · Public
$9,721Not reported25%2,659
University of Maine at FarmingtonFarmington · Public
$17,15897%50%1,140
University of Maine at Fort KentFort Kent · Public
$11,16798%35%599
University of Maine at Presque IslePresque Isle · Public
$10,972100%39%1,913
University of New EnglandBiddeford · Private nonprofit
$38,61792%62%2,135
University of Southern MainePortland · Public
$14,92779%43%4,222
Washington County Community CollegeCalais · Public
$6,234Not reportedNot reported443
York County Community CollegeWells · Public
$3,013Not reportedNot reported1,133

Source: College Scorecard ↗, released October 15, 2026, and IPEDS ↗. Net price is the average for first-year students who received aid, in the latest year each college reported; admit rate is for students entering in fall 2024; graduation is for 2019 entrants; undergraduates are for fall 2024. A dash means the college didn't report the figure.