The average acceptance rate of the 11 Maine colleges that have competitive admission is 64.00% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 2.37%. The acceptance rate at 3 Maine colleges increased and the rate of 8 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 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 $42,384 and graduate tuition & fees is $22,698 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 1 | University of Southern Maine Portland, MEPublic, 4-year | 79.00% 6.43% | 16.00% | 1,120 | $27,104 ($10,920) | 7,583 | 41.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 6 1 | 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 |
| 7 2 | Unity Environmental University New Gloucester, MEPrivate, 4-year | 82.00% 12.31% | 10.00% | - | $12,640 | 4,281 | 52.00% | 36 to 1 |
| 8 1 | Husson University Bangor, MEPrivate, 4-year | 86.00% 5.31% | 26.98% | 1,110 | $22,194 | 3,065 | 59.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 9 1 | University of New England Biddeford, MEPrivate, 4-year | 89.00% 7.28% | 13.00% | - | $42,550 | 6,434 | 59.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 10 2 | University of Maine Orono, MEPublic, 4-year | 96.00% 2.04% | 14.00% | - | $35,346 ($12,606) | 12,231 | 55.00% | 14 to 1 |
| Average | 60.70% | 27.30% | 1,288 | $42,384 ($11,763) | 4,146 | 66.70% | 14 to 1 |