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Eastern Maine Community College

Bangor, Maine·Public, 2-year·New England·emcc.edu
6-yr Graduation
32%
—
Total enrollment
2,719
peer median 2,604
Avg net price
$8,928
+$468 vs Community College
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Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
32%
Full-time retention
56%

Pell equity

31.5pp gap
Pell recipients
18%22 of 120
Non-Pell (all)
49%47 of 95
Subsidized loan, no Pell
40%4 of 10
No Federal Aid
51%43 of 85

Non-Pell students graduate at a 31.5-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 51 Title IV programs, 5 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 46 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
51
Passing
5
9.8% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

51programs
  • Passing5 · 9.8%
  • No Data46 · 90.2%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
1
Safe
3
No data
46

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

5
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+9.1%
$39,834 vs $36,497
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+18.2%
$43,151 vs $36,497
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+36.4%
$49,780 vs $36,497
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+71.0%
$62,404 vs $36,497
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+149.5%
$91,067 vs $36,497

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

4
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
33%
$14,198 debt · $43,151 earn
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
31%
$15,184 debt · $49,780 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
19%
$16,824 debt · $91,067 earn
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
18%
$11,051 debt · $62,404 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

New England Commission of Higher Education

Accredited since 2004Next review Dec 2029
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on Technical and Career Institutions

Accredited since 1973

Programmatic accreditations · 2

Action history · 7

  1. Aug 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
  2. May 2021Renewal of Accreditation
    Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
  3. Sep 2020Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
  4. Sep 2019Renewal of Accreditation
    New England Commission of Higher Education
  5. Nov 2018Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$7,818
$30–48k$8,034
$48–75k$9,273
$75–110k$12,294
$110k+$12,359

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$8,928
+$468vs Community College median $8,460
Federal loans
14.2%
In-state tuition
$4,156
Out-of-state
$7,036

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,102 students received $5.1M in Pell grants, alongside $1.6M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,102
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$5.1M
$5,093,797 total
Direct Loans
$1.6M
507 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$746K
244 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$850K
256 loan awards
Parent PLUS$41K
7 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 555 borrowers who entered repayment, 28 (5.0%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
5.0%
+2.7pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
555
Defaulted
28
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
17.2%
2017
14.6%
2018
10.6%
2019
5.0%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at EMCC

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs38
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

331 total completions
01Health Professions
9127.5%
02Business
4814.5%
03Multi/Interdisciplinary
4112.4%
04Computer Sciences
3310.0%
05Mechanic
278.2%
06Liberal Arts
236.9%
07Education
226.6%
08Security/Protective
185.4%
09Precision Production
154.5%
10Personal/Culinary
133.9%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
2,719
12-mo unduplicated
3,795
Undergraduate
3,795
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
47%1,774
Women
53%2,021

Race / ethnicity composition

White
85.3%
Two or more
3.8%
Hispanic
3.2%
Unknown
2.5%
Black
2.1%
Asian
1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native
1.0%
Non-resident
0.8%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
74
49 M · 25 W
Women athletes
33.8%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$147K
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$700
$700
Head-coach salaries
$4K
$5K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 4

Basketball
9 M · 11 W
$72K
Soccer
17 M · —
$19K
Baseball
16 M · —
$21K
Softball
— · 13 W
$21K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
1.19
3 offenses · 2,531 students

3-year trend

0.962 yrs ago1.261 yr ago1.19Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
8
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
2
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Fondling
3

By location

3total
  • On campus3

Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
1
Stalking
1 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs04
Liquor09

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
19.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
61

EMCC vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions EMCC selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectEastern Maine Community College
32%—2,719$8,928Community College
Kennebec Valley Community College
——2,489$3,910Community College
Northern Maine Community College
——843$7,181Community College
Massasoit Community College
——5,574$8,460Community College
University of New Hampshire-Franklin Pierce School of Law
——718——
Connecticut State Community College
——36,315$11,513Community College
Peer group median32%—2,604$8,460

Institutions like EMCC

Explore the federal data for institutions in EMCC's comparison group.

IPEDS

EMCC Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Research
Email
IR-Requests [at] emcc.edu
Phone
207.974.4623
Address
354 Hogan Road, Bangor, Maine

The page provides information from the Institutional Research office at Eastern Maine Community College, focusing on enrollment, graduate employment, and various reports like IPEDS and CCSSE. For further inquiries, contact details include a phone number and email address. Important reports, such as IPEDS Feedback Reports and CCSSE Executive Summaries, are accessible through links.

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Frequently asked questions about Eastern Maine Community College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about EMCC.

What is the graduation rate at Eastern Maine Community College?

Eastern Maine Community College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 32% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Eastern Maine Community College?

Eastern Maine Community College reports a total enrollment of 2,719 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Eastern Maine Community College?

The average net price at Eastern Maine Community College is $8,928 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

Where is Eastern Maine Community College located?

Eastern Maine Community College is located in Bangor, Maine 04401.

Who runs Institutional Research at Eastern Maine Community College?

Eastern Maine Community College's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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