Some colleges do not have an open admissions policy, but they accept all or most applicants who meet the admission requirements. The average acceptance rate of the 10 Easiest Maine Colleges to get in is 63.98% for the academic year 2023-2024.
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.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $38,813 and graduate tuition & fees is $23,723 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
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1 - | Thomas College Waterville, MEPrivate, 4-year | 97.07% 0.17% | 23.43% | - | $30,896 | 1,737 | 50.00% | 23 to 1 |
2 2 | University of Maine Orono, MEPublic, 4-year | 95.71% 1.75% | 13.95% | - | $35,346 ($12,606) | 12,231 | 55.00% | 14 to 1 |
3 1 | University of New England Biddeford, MEPrivate, 4-year | 88.84% 7.44% | 13.02% | - | $42,550 | 6,434 | 59.00% | 12 to 1 |
4 1 | Husson University Bangor, MEPrivate, 4-year | 86.43% 4.88% | 26.66% | 1,110 | $22,194 | 3,065 | 59.00% | 16 to 1 |
5 2 | Unity Environmental University New Gloucester, MEPrivate, 4-year | 81.80% 12.51% | 9.97% | - | $12,640 | 4,281 | 52.00% | 36 to 1 |
6 1 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine Standish, MEPrivate, 4-year | 81.72% 0.88% | 15.41% | 1,030 | $42,834 | 1,478 | 69.00% | 10 to 1 |
7 1 | University of Southern Maine Portland, MEPublic, 4-year | 79.31% 6.12% | 15.55% | 1,120 | $27,104 ($10,920) | 7,583 | 41.00% | 14 to 1 |
8 - | College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor, MEPrivate, 4-year | 65.02% 4.94% | 27.93% | - | $46,179 | 380 | 58.00% | 10 to 1 |
9 - | Bates College Lewiston, MEPrivate, 4-year | 13.02% 0.72% | 43.38% | 1,450 | $63,478 | 1,790 | 92.00% | 10 to 1 |
10 - | Bowdoin College Brunswick, MEPrivate, 4-year | 8.02% 1.17% | 57.34% | 1,510 | $64,910 | 1,915 | 94.00% | 9 to 1 |
Average | 69.69% | 24.66% | 1,244 | $38,813 ($11,763) | 4,089 | 62.90% | 15 to 1 |