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Best Colleges in Maine

The strongest colleges and universities in Maine, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

How this list is ranked

The strongest colleges and universities in Maine, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

Schools on this list 37
Source Federal data, same records as every school page

Admit rate, net price, and SAT in the table are for context. Rank order follows the method above, not those columns.

Rank School Admit Net price SAT
1 Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME 7.1% $14,398 1470-1550 See record
2 Bates College Lewiston, ME 13.3% $29,351 1420-1530 See record
3 Colby College Waterville, ME 7.1% $17,180 1460-1550 See record
4 College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor, ME 70% $25,184 1240-1430 See record
5 University of New England Biddeford, ME 92% $38,107 - See record
6 Maine College of Health Professions Lewiston, ME 71% $26,312 - See record
7 Saint Joseph's College of Maine Standish, ME 84% $27,555 960-1150 See record
8 Husson University Bangor, ME 81% $21,005 1065-1275 See record
9 Maine Maritime Academy Castine, ME 54% $23,414 1095-1260 See record
10 University of Maine Orono, ME 97% $17,510 - See record
11 Thomas College Waterville, ME 96% $18,885 - See record
12 Maine College of Art & Design Portland, ME 76% $38,338 - See record
13 University of Maine at Presque Isle Presque Isle, ME 100% $7,035 - See record
14 University of Maine at Farmington Farmington, ME 97% $16,857 995-1245 See record
15 University of Southern Maine Portland, ME 79% $13,596 990-1250 See record
16 University of Maine at Fort Kent Fort Kent, ME 98% $7,482 - See record
17 Beal University Bangor, ME - $40,109 - See record
18 Unity Environmental University New Gloucester, ME - $19,104 - See record
19 University of Maine at Augusta Augusta, ME - $10,924 - See record
20 Beal University Wilton, ME - - - See record
21 Capilo School of Hair Design Augusta, ME - $18,711 - See record
22 Central Maine Community College Auburn, ME - $6,975 - See record
23 Eastern Maine Community College Bangor, ME - $8,928 - See record
24 Empire Beauty School-Maine Bangor, ME - $16,191 - See record
25 Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts Portland, ME - - - See record
26 Kennebec Valley Community College Fairfield, ME - $3,910 - See record
27 Maine Media College Rockport, ME - - - See record
28 New Hampshire Institute for Therapeutic Arts Harrison, ME - - - See record
29 Northeast Technical Institute Scarborough, ME - $26,546 - See record
30 Northern Maine Community College Presque Isle, ME - $7,181 - See record
31 Southern Maine Community College South Portland, ME - $11,086 - See record
32 Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook Westbrook, ME - $29,953 - See record
33 The Landing School Arundel, ME - $35,532 - See record
34 Unity Environmental University - Unity Unity, ME - - - See record
35 University of Maine - Machias Machias, ME - - - See record
36 Washington County Community College Calais, ME - $5,149 - See record
37 York County Community College Wells, ME - $5,875 - See record