Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 25.5-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.
Of 8 Title IV programs, 4 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 3 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing4 · 50.0%
- No Data3 · 37.5%
- Failing1 · 12.5%
Severity spectrum
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.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
New England Commission of Higher Education
National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 4
- Nov 2025Renewal of AccreditationNew England Commission of Higher Education
- Oct 2019Renewal of AccreditationNational Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Art and Design, Commission on Accreditation · Art and Design (ART) - Degree-granting schools and departments and non-degree-granting programs
- Sep 2007Renewal of AccreditationNew England Commission of Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 147 students received $859K in Pell grants, alongside $4.8M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 191 borrowers who entered repayment, 3 (1.5%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at Maine College of Art & Design
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus2
Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 2 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Maine College of Art & Design vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Maine College of Art & Design selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectMaine College of Art & Design | 52% | — | 475 | $38,338 | — |
| — | — | 42 | — | — | |
| — | 84.4% | 317 | $38,530 | — | |
| 73% | 41.1% | 853 | $46,754 | — | |
| 32% | — | 853 | $25,865 | — | |
| — | — | 279 | $30,606 | — | |
| Peer group median | 52% | 62.8% | 396 | $38,338 |
Institutions like Maine College of Art & Design
Explore the federal data for institutions in Maine College of Art & Design's comparison group.
- Maine
Maine Media College
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment42Net price—View data - Massachusetts
Longy School of Music of Bard College
Grad rate—Admit rate84.4%Enrollment317Net price$38,530View data - Massachusetts
The New England Conservatory of Music
Grad rate73%Admit rate41.1%Enrollment853Net price$46,754View data - Massachusetts
Boston Architectural College
Grad rate32%Admit rate—Enrollment853Net price$25,865View data - Indiana
Mid-America College of Funeral Service
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment279Net price$30,606View data
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