Tightest Maine Private Colleges To Get In

The average acceptance rate of the 9 private Maine colleges that have competitive admission is 58.77% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 2.4%. The acceptance rate at 2 private Maine colleges increased and the rate of 7 colleges decreased.

Colby College has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 7.00%. Bowdoin College (8.00%) and Bates College (13.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest Maine Private Colleges to get in.

This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

Colby College stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Bowdoin College also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $43,587 and graduate tuition & fees is $22,159 for the academic year 2023-2024.

We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.

Table. Tightest Maine Private Colleges To Get In Comparison
	School Name	Acceptance Rate	Yield	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Colby College Waterville, MEPrivate, 4-year	7.00% 0.61%	50.04%	1,510	$66,600	2,299	88.00%	10 to 1
2 -	Bowdoin College Brunswick, MEPrivate, 4-year	8.00% 1.19%	57.01%	1,510	$64,910	1,915	94.00%	9 to 1
3 -	Bates College Lewiston, MEPrivate, 4-year	13.00% 0.74%	43.03%	1,450	$63,478	1,790	92.00%	10 to 1
4 -	College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor, MEPrivate, 4-year	65.02% 4.94%	27.93%	-	$46,179	380	58.00%	10 to 1
5 -	Saint Joseph's College of Maine Standish, MEPrivate, 4-year	81.99% 1.15%	15.02%	1,030	$42,834	1,478	69.00%	10 to 1
6 1	Unity Environmental University New Gloucester, MEPrivate, 4-year	82.00% 12.31%	10.00%	-	$12,640	4,281	52.00%	36 to 1
7 1	Husson University Bangor, MEPrivate, 4-year	86.00% 5.31%	26.98%	1,110	$22,194	3,065	59.00%	16 to 1
8 -	University of New England Biddeford, MEPrivate, 4-year	89.00% 7.28%	13.00%	-	$42,550	6,434	59.00%	12 to 1
9 -	Thomas College Waterville, MEPrivate, 4-year	96.95% 0.29%	22.97%	-	$30,896	1,737	50.00%	23 to 1
	Average	58.77%	29.55%	1,322	$43,587	2,598	69.00%	15 to 1

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