University of Maine (U of Maine) is a four-year, public school located in Orono, ME.

It offers 170 graduate programs - 77 Master's, 40 Doctorate, 40 Post-bachelor's, and 13 Post-master's. The 2024 average graduate tuition & fees is $10,446 for in-state and $30,948 for out-of-state students.

A total of 2,457 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 12,231 students at U of Maine. U of Maine offers online graduate programs and 1,243 out of 2,457 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

U of Maine have a law school and you can discover its admission and tuition information at School of Law. In addition, you can find U of Maine's health profession programs at health professions information page.


Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $10,446 for Maine residents and $30,948 for out-of-state students. It offers 170 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameUniversity of Maine
TypeFour-year, Public
Address168 College Avenue, Orono, ME
Graduate School Students2,542 students
1,243 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)In-State$10,446
Out-of-State$30,948
Student to Faculty14:1 (7.14%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 170 Graduate Programs
77 Master's, 40 Doctorate, 53 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition at University of Maine

The following tables describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at University of Maine with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Maine residents, the tuition & fees are $10,446 and $30,948 for non-Maine residents.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $557 for Maine residents and $1,696 for out-of-state students.

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$10,026$30,528
Fees$420$420
Cost per Credit$557$1,696
Books & Supplies$1,000
Room & Board$12,696 (On-Campus) / $12,696 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$2,270 (On-Campus) / $2,270 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$26,412$46,914
Off-Campus Total$26,412$46,914

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

University of Maine offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 170 major areas - 77 Master's (19 online programs), 40 Doctorate, 40 Post-Bachelor's (27 online programs), 13 Post-Master's (4 online programs). 648 students have been conferred Master's degree and 62 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total6486215826
Men25730322
Women3913212624

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Aquaculture1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Animal Sciences1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Food Science18ONLINE ONLINE NOT OFFER
Food Technology and ProcessingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 4ONLINE NOT OFFER
Plant Sciences4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Horticultural Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Environmental Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Forestry8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Forest Sciences and Biology10 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Disability StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1ONLINE NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Communication4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Information TechnologyONLINE NOT OFFER 5ONLINE NOT OFFER
Informatics8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Information Science/StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 7ONLINE NOT OFFER
Computer Science3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
EducationNOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
Curriculum and InstructionONLINE NOT OFFER ONLINE 5ONLINE
Educational Leadership and AdministrationONLINE ONLINE ONLINE
Administration of Special EducationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 7ONLINE NOT OFFER
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration NOT OFFER 3
Educational/Instructional TechnologyONLINE NOT OFFER 15ONLINE ONLINE
Educational Evaluation and ResearchNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Special Education and TeachingONLINE NOT OFFER 12ONLINE ONLINE
Special Education and Teaching (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 10ONLINE NOT OFFER
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services NOT OFFER
Elementary Education and Teaching NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Secondary Education and TeachingONLINE NOT OFFER 5ONLINE
Early Childhood Education and TeachingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
English/Language Arts Teacher EducationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher EducationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music Teacher Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching10 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Reading Teacher EducationONLINE NOT OFFER
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Social Studies Teacher Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer Teacher EducationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 2ONLINE NOT OFFER
French Language Teacher Education1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Spanish Language Teacher Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
School Librarian/School Library Media SpecialistNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 6ONLINE NOT OFFER
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)4 NOT OFFER
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language InstructorNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Education (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 4ONLINE NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemical Engineering5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Civil Engineering16 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Structural Engineering2ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer Engineering1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Electrical and Electronics Engineering3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Materials EngineeringNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechanical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Construction EngineeringNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 7 NOT OFFER
Surveying EngineeringONLINE NOT OFFER 4ONLINE NOT OFFER
Engineering (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
French Language and Literature1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Human NutritionNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1ONLINE NOT OFFER
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (other)3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature10 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
General StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Humanities/Humanistic StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 5 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological SciencesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biomedical SciencesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biochemistry2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Molecular BiologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Botany/Plant Biology4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Microbiology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Zoology/Animal Biology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Entomology2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Wildlife Biology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Bioinformatics5ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics and Statistics4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biological and Physical SciencesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
GerontologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 5ONLINE NOT OFFER
International/Global Studies18 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Ancient Studies/CivilizationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and AnalysisNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Maritime Studies1ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computational Science6ONLINE NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
Marine Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
AnthrozoologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)5ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemistry1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geology/Earth Science NOT OFFER
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (other)2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Social Work47ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Anthropology (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Economics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Economics (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geographic Information Science and CartographyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 4ONLINE NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Intermedia/Multimedia9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music Performance NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Communication Sciences and Disorders17 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Health and Medical Administrative Services (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Behavioral Aspects of HealthNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 25 NOT OFFER
Nursing EducationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER ONLINE NOT OFFER
Registered Nursing/Registered NurseONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Research and Development Management NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Project ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 4ONLINE NOT OFFER
Organizational LeadershipNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1 NOT OFFER
Accounting NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Management ScienceONLINE NOT OFFER 2ONLINE NOT OFFER
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 3ONLINE NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History NOT OFFER NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

U of Maine graduate schools have a total of 2,542 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 973 male and 1,569 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 881 full-time and 1,661 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 1,243 students enrolled through online exclusively and 310 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 1,744 White, 53 Black, and 55 Asian students are attending at University of Maine. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

22 grad students are younger than 22 and 617 students are older than 65. It has 1,136 students aged between 22 and 30 and 682 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total2,542
Men973
Women1,569
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total2,542
Full-time Students881
Part-time Students1,661
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total2,542
American Indian /
Native American
36
Asian55
Black53
Hispanic59
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
2
White1,744
Two or more races33
Un-Known317
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total2,542
21 & Under22
22-24483
25-29653
30-34389
35-39293
40 & Over617

Online Population

At University of Maine graduate schools, 1,243 students enrolled online exclusively and 310 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment2,457
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses1,243
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses310
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses904
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses1,243
Maine Resident943
Other State In U.S.284
Outside of U.S.16