A total of 72,446 students are enrolled in Maine colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

There are 62,902 undergraduate and 9,544 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 86.83% and the proportion of graduate students is 13.17%.

By school level, 54,638 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 16,837 students enrolled in community colleges, and 971 students enrolled in trade schools.

For Maine colleges, University of Maine has the most number of students of 12,231 among 4-year colleges. For Maine community colleges, Southern Maine Community College has the most students of 6,007 and Northeast Technical Institute is the largest trade school with 407.

Student Population By School Level for Maine Colleges

By attending status, there are 43,317 full-time students and 29,129 part-time students at Maine colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between Maine colleges. A total of 72,446 students have enrolled in Maine colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between Maine Colleges
SchoolTotal EnrollmentUndergraduateGraduate
TotalFull-timePart-time TotalFull-timePart-time
College of the AtlanticPrivate, 4-year3803773621533-
Bates CollegePrivate, 4-year1,7901,7901,790----
Beal UniversityPrivate, 4-year400399399-11-
Bowdoin CollegePrivate, 4-year1,9151,9151,9096---
Maine College of Health ProfessionsPrivate, 4-year237237106131---
Central Maine Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year3,3763,3761,2202,156---
Colby CollegePrivate, 4-year2,2992,2992,299----
Eastern Maine Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,3762,3769331,443---
Kennebec Valley Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,1192,1195101,609---
The Landing SchoolPrivate, 2-4 year464646----
University of Maine at AugustaPublic, 4-year4,4464,3841,2973,08762458
University of Maine at FarmingtonPublic, 4-year1,8371,5581,14441427924255
University of Maine at Fort KentPublic, 4-year1,2101,19433785716142
University of MainePublic, 4-year12,2319,7747,6222,1522,4577451,712
Maine Maritime AcademyPublic, 4-year8978788542419811
University of Maine at Presque IslePublic, 4-year1,8471,8247341,09023320
University of New EnglandPrivate, 4-year6,4343,7182,2761,4422,7162,273443
Northern Maine Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year783783315468---
Empire Beauty School-MainePrivate, Less than 2-year15515512332---
Maine College of Art & DesignPrivate, 4-year4363803701056533
Saint Joseph's College of MainePrivate, 4-year1,478990689301488112376
Spa Tech Institute-WestbrookPrivate, Less than 2-year24824817177---
Southern Maine Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year6,0076,0072,3103,697---
University of Southern MainePublic, 4-year7,5835,6163,4672,1491,9676081,359
Thomas CollegePrivate, 4-year1,7371,6236549691146648
Unity Environmental UniversityPrivate, 4-year4,2813,6983,6908583197386
Washington County Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year505505168337---
York County Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,6251,6254451,180---
Capilo School of Hair DesignPrivate, Less than 2-year1611611565---
Northeast Technical InstitutePrivate, Less than 2-year407407407----
Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual ArtsPrivate, 4-year92---924547
Husson UniversityPrivate, 4-year3,0652,4292,038391636277359
Maine Media CollegePrivate, 4-year431111-3232-
Beal UniversityPrivate, 4-year-------
University of Maine - MachiasPublic, 4-year-------
Empire Beauty School-BangorPrivate, Less than 2-year-------
Unity Environmental UniversityPrivate, 4-year-------
Unity Environmental University - UnityPrivate, 4-year-------
New Hampshire Institute for Therapeutic ArtsPrivate, Less than 2-year-------