University of Maine
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 19.2-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 218 Title IV programs, 45 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 172 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing45 · 20.6%
- No Data172 · 78.9%
- Failing1 · 0.5%
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.
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, 2,742 students received $15.2M in Pell grants, alongside $40.6M 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 2,649 borrowers who entered repayment, 46 (1.7%) 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 University of Maine
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
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 9
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 campus14
- Non-campus6
Includes 12 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
- Theta Chi2 firesCookingDamage $0-$99
- Theta Chi2 firesCookingDamage $0-$99
- Oxford Hall1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
- Hancock Hall2 firesCookingDamage $0-$99
- Hancock Hall2 firesCookingDamage $0-$99
- Stodder Hall1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
- Penobscot Hall1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
- Colvin Hall1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
- Chandler House2 firesCookingDamage $0-$99
- Chandler House2 firesCookingDamage $0-$99
- Lown House1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
- Smith House3 firesCookingDamage $0-$99
- Smith House3 firesCookingDamage $0-$99
- Smith House3 firesCookingDamage $0-$99
Data quality: 1 report was 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.
University of Maine vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions University of Maine 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of Maine | 55% | — | 12,029 | $17,510 | R1 Research |
| 76% | 88.2% | 13,554 | $23,805 | R1 Research | |
| 83% | 59.7% | 31,726 | $22,383 | R1 Research | |
| 83% | 52.4% | 28,306 | $25,097 | R1 Research | |
| 73% | 65.1% | 13,247 | $16,504 | R1 Research | |
| 64% | 95.0% | 11,952 | $15,543 | R1 Research | |
| Peer group median | 75% | 65.1% | 13,401 | $19,947 |
Institutions like University of Maine
Explore the federal data for institutions in University of Maine's comparison group.
- R1 ResearchNew Hampshire
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
Grad rate76%Admit rate88.2%Enrollment13,554Net price$23,805View data - R1 ResearchMassachusetts
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Grad rate83%Admit rate59.7%Enrollment31,726Net price$22,383View data - R1 ResearchConnecticut
University of Connecticut
Grad rate83%Admit rate52.4%Enrollment28,306Net price$25,097View data - R1 ResearchNew Jersey
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Grad rate73%Admit rate65.1%Enrollment13,247Net price$16,504View data - R1 ResearchNorth Dakota
North Dakota State University-Main Campus
Grad rate64%Admit rate95.0%Enrollment11,952Net price$15,543View data
University of Maine Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA) exists to support the university community in the areas of planning, assessment, and decision-making by providing timely, accurate, and meaningful information to advance the university mission and values.
Visit IR office page- Debra AllenAssociate Provost for Institutional Research and Assessment
- Samantha AllenGraduate Assistant
- Lisa ApplegateAssistant Director for Institutional Research
- Sarah Johnson
- Kimberley MentusAdministrative Specialist
- Laura MillayStudent Success and Retention Evaluation Specialist
- Simona MitevskaSenior Research Analyst
- McFrederick Obiri-TettehGraduate Assistant
- Marlyna RabideauGraduate Assistant
- Huanyu RenInstitutional Research and Assessment Analyst
- Lori SmithResearch Analyst
- Ryan WeatherbeeAssistant Director for Assessment
Common Data Set
University of Maine's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D11,150 transfer applicants → 450 admitted (39.1%) → 300 enrolled
Source publications
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