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University of Maine
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Information Summary
Ranks 518th overall and 4th in Maine
| Overall Score
On StateUniversity.com (about) |
83.3 |
|---|---|
| Total Cost
On-Campus Attendance |
$19,014 |
| Admission
Success rate |
79% |
| ACT / SAT
75 %ile scores |
25 / 1180 |
| Student Ratio
Ratio of students to faculty |
22 : 1 |
| Retention
(Full-Time / Part-Time) |
79% / 41% |
| Enrollment
Total (all students) |
11,797 |
Carnegie Foundation Classification
Research Universities (high research activity)
| Undergraduate | Professions plus arts & sciences, high graduate coexistence |
|---|---|
| Graduate | Comprehensive doctoral (no medical/veterinary) |
| Undergraduate Population | Full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in |
| Enrollment | High undergraduate |
| Size & Setting | Medium four-year, primarily residential |
General Characteristics
| Highest offering | Doctoral degree |
|---|---|
| Calendar System | Semester |
| Years of college work required | N/A |
| Variable Tuition |
Special Learning Opportunities
| Distance Learning | |
|---|---|
| ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force | |
| Study Abroad | |
| Weekend College | |
| Teacher Certification |
Campus Crime Statistics
Ranks 395th on StateUniversity.com‘s Safe School Index
| Incidents | per 1000 Students | |
|---|---|---|
| Aggravated assault | 1 | 0.08 |
| Forcible rape | 3 | 0.25 |
| Murder & Non-Negligent Manslaughter | N/A | N/A |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.08 |
| Violent crime | 5 | 0.42 |
| Arson | 10 | 0.84 |
| Burglary | 40 | 3.36 |
| Larceny-theft | 213 | 17.88 |
| Vehicle theft | 1 | 0.08 |
| Property crime | 254 | 21.32 |
Student Tuition Costs and Fees
What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending University of Maine?
Ranks 643rd for total cost of attendance
| In District | In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FT Undergraduate Tuition | $6,540 | $6,540 | $18,750 |
| FT Undergraduate Required Fees | $1,790 | $1,790 | $1,790 |
| PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour | $218 | $218 | $625 |
| FT Graduate Tuition | $5,850 | $5,850 | $16,848 |
| FT Graduate Required Fees | $868 | $868 | $868 |
| PT Graduate per Credit Hour | $325 | $325 | $936 |
| Total Cost of Attendance — On-Campus | $19,014 | $19,014 | $31,224 |
| Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family | $9,330 | $9,330 | $21,540 |
| Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus with Family | $9,330 | $9,330 | $21,540 |
Student Tuition Cost History and Trends
Three year history and trends on the cost of attending
| In District | In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published Tuition & Fees | $6,910 |
$6,910 |
$17,050 |
| Cost (regardless of residency) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Books & Supplies | $1,000 |
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| On-Campus – Room & Board | $6,732 |
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| On-Campus – Other Expenses | $2,200 |
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| Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board | N/A |
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| Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses | N/A |
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| Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board | N/A |
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Admission Details
| Application Fee Required | N/A |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate Application Fee | $40 |
| Graduate Application Fee | $60 |
| First Professional Application Fee | N/A |
| Applicants | 6,086 (3,108 male / 2,978 female) |
| Admitted | 4,834 (2,429 male / 2,405 female) |
| Admission rate | 79% |
| First-time Enrollment | 1,898 (983 male / 915 female) |
| FT Enrollment | 1,875 (967 male / 908 female) |
| PT Enrollment | 23 (16 male / 7 female) |
| Total Enrollment | 11,797 |
Admission Criteria
What criteria does University of Maine use for admissions?
| Open Admissions | |
|---|---|
| Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record | |
| College Prep. Completion | |
| Recommendations | |
| Formal competency demo | N/A |
| Admission test scores | |
| TOEFL | |
| Other tests | N/A |
Admission Credits Accepted
What types of credits does University of Maine accept?
| Dual Credit | |
|---|---|
| Life Experience | |
| Advanced Placement (AP) |
Athletics - Association Memberships
| Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships | NCAA |
|---|---|
| NCAA Football Conference | Atlantic 10 Conference |
| NCAA Basketball Conference | America East |
| NCAA Baseball Conference | America East |
| NCAA Track & Field Conference | America East |
ACT Test Admission
Ranks 619th for 75pctl scores
| Applicants submitting ACT results | 10% |
|---|---|
| Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) | / |
| Math scores (25/75 %ile) | / |
| Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) | 20 / 25 |
SAT Test Admission
Ranks 562nd for 75pctl scores
| Applicants submitting SAT results | 95% |
|---|---|
| Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) | 480 / 580 |
| Math scores (25/75 %ile) | 480 / 600 |
| Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) | 960 / 1180 |
Student Services
| Remedial Services | |
|---|---|
| Academic / Career Counseling | |
| PT Cost-defraying Employment | |
| Career Placement | |
| On-Campus Day Care | |
| Library Facility |
Student Living
| First-time Room / Board Required | |
|---|---|
| Dorm Capacity | 3,841 |
| Meals per Week | 19 |
| Room Fee | $3,774 |
| Board Fee | $3,710 |
Student Financial Aid Details
How many students use Financial Aid, and how much do they use?
University of Maine Ranks 3453rd for the average student loan amount.
| Average | Users | % of Attendees | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Aid | $2,889 | 798 | |
| State & Local Grant Aid | $1,359 | 591 | |
| Institutional Grant Aid | $4,861 | 1,359 | |
| Student Loan Aid | $3,359 | 1,232 | |
| Any financial aid type | 1,699 |
Student Enrollment Demographics
How many students are enrolled at University of Maine?
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Non Resident Alien | 190 | 166 | 356 |
Black Non-Hispanic | 56 | 23 | 79 |
Hispanic | 37 | 42 | 79 |
Asian / Pacific Islander | 49 | 70 | 119 |
American Indian / Alaskan Native | 69 | 99 | 168 |
White Non-Hispanic | 5,024 | 5,972 | 10,996 |
Race Unknown | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total | 5,425 | 6,372 | 11,797 |
Student Graduation Demographics
How many students graduated at University of Maine?
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Non Resident Alien | 16 | 16 | 32 |
Black Non-Hispanic | 8 | 3 | 11 |
Hispanic | 6 | 6 | 12 |
Asian / Pacific Islander | 5 | 5 | 10 |
American Indian / Alaskan Native | 8 | 5 | 13 |
White Non-Hispanic | 763 | 744 | 1,507 |
Race Unknown | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 808 | 781 | 1,589 |
Most Popular Fields of Study
The top 5 fields of study completed at University of Maine.
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | 84 | 245 | |
| 2 | 101 | 103 | |
| 28 | 74 | 102 | |
| 10 | 77 | 87 | |
| 11 | 73 | 84 |
Student Completion / Graduation Demographics
How many students are successful graduates?
Faculty Compensation / Salaries
University of Maine Ranks 743rd for the average full-time faculty salary.
| Tenure system | |
|---|---|
| Average FT Salary | $65,148 ($69,589 male / $57,053 female) |
| Number of FT Faculty | 398 (257 male / 141 female) |
| Number of PT Faculty | 235 |
| FT Faculty Ratio | 2 : 1 |
| Total Benefits | $8,127,582 |
Local News for University of Maine
Former U. Maine student’s body found after two-week search September 14th
Police discovered the body of a 19-year-old former University of Maine student Sept. 9 in Orono, Maine after a two-week search, according to the Bangor Daily News. Collin Bates had commited suicide and was found at 4:49 p.m., Orono Police Chief Gary Duquette told the BDN.
U. Maine Journalism department cuts advertising sequence, minors September 10th
The University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism is cutting back. The department announced at the end of August it will discontinue the advertising sequence of the journalism major, and has said it plans to axe its communication and public relations minors.
HHS Secretary Sebelius touts health-care reform at U. Maine September 4th
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius visited the University of Maine on Thursday to take part in a discussion on health-care reform. The forum, hosted by Service Employees International Union’s Change that Works campaign, consisted of a number of preselected panelists who told Sebelius of their experiences with the current health-care system.
University of Maine Summary
The following paragraph provided courtesy of wikipedia.
The University of Maine, established in 1865, is the flagship university of the University of Maine System. It is located in Orono, Maine just outside of Bangor, one of Maine’s largest cities. Known as “UMaine” for short, the school has an enrollment of over 11,000 students making it the second largest university in the state behind the University of Southern Maine. Originally named the Maine College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, the Maine College opened on September 21, 1868, changing its name to the University of Maine in 1897. In 1906, The Senior Skull Honor Society was founded to “publicly recognize, formally reward, and continually promote outstanding leadership and scholarship, and exemplary citizenship within the University of Maine community.” When the University of Maine System was incorporated, the school was renamed by the legislature over the objections of the faculty to the University of Maine at Orono (or UMO). The University’s Fogler Library is the largest in Maine and serves as one of its intellectual hubs, attracting scholars, professors, and researchers from around the state. The University of Maine is also home to the Maine Business School, the largest business school in Maine. See Also Maine Black Bears The University of Maine participates in the NCAA’s Division I level, is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association for football, Hockey East for ice hockey, and the America East Conference for all other sports.
University of Maine Academics
The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance and Tutoring. University of Maine is unique in its study options. For example, the university has a Accelerated Program, Distance Learning, Double Major, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Army, ROTC, Navy, Semester At Sea, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification and Visiting/Exchange Student Program. In addition, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Economically Disadvantaged Student Services, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Legal Services, Minority Student Services, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help.
The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at University of Maine.
- Education:
- Art Teacher Education, Biology Teacher Education, Chemistry Teacher Education, Education – General, Elementary Education, English Teacher Education, Foreign Language Teacher Education, French Teacher Education, History Teacher Education, Mathematics Education, Music Teacher Education, Physical Education, Science Teacher Education, Secondary Education, Social Studies Teacher Education, Spanish Language Teacher Education
- History:
- History – General
- Communications & Journalism:
- Communications/Rhetoric, Journalism
- Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:
- Parks/Leisure Facilities Management
- School of Visual and Performing Arts:
- Art History/Criticism/Conservation, Drama/Theater Arts, Fine/Studio Arts, Music – General, Music – General Performance
- Physical Sciences:
- Chemistry, Geology, Oceanography, Physics
- Computer Science:
- Computer/Information Sciences – General
- Health and Clinical Sciences:
- Clinical Laboratory Science, Communication Disorders, Nursing (RN), Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology
- Multiple or Interdisciplinary:
- Biological/Physical Sciences, Natural Sciences
- Social Sciences:
- Anthropology, Economics, International Relations, Political Science/Government, Sociology
- Popular majors:
- thirteen percent education, eleven percent business per marketing, seven percent engineering, seven percent health professions, seven percent social sciences, six percent biology, five percent engineering technologies, five percent environmental science, five percent psychology
- English Language and Literature:
- English, Speech/Rhetorical Studies
- Mathematics:
- Mathematics – General
- Public Administration and Service:
- Public Administration, Social Work
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences:
- Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Botany, Cellular Biology/Histology, Ecology, Entomology, Marine/Aquatic Biology, Molecular Biology, Pathology – Human/Animal, Zoology
- Philosphy and Religion:
- Philosophy
- Business, Management, & Marketing:
- Accounting, Business – General, Business Administration/Management, Business/Managerial Economics, Finance/Banking, Labor/Personnel Relations, Management Information Systems
- Psychology:
- Psychology – General
- Foreign Language and Literature:
- Foreign Language & Literature – General, French, German, Latin, Spanish
Moreover, for international students, the application fee is 40. The cost per credit hour (overall) was $522 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for non-need-based aid last fall. Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of June. Other additional expenses amounted to $1,278 Costs per credit hour $522 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for non-need-based aid. Yet, for non-international students, tutition fees are $17,050 Room & Board (on-campus) $6,722 Additional estimated expenses $1,278 Costs per credit hour $522 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for non-need-based aid.
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University of Maine Admissions
Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 80%. Remember that this can change at any time. This school requires an application fee consisting of forty dollars regular application fee, forty dollars out-of-state application fee, forty dollars online application fee and point zero . Transfer student are not ignored. For example, there were eight hundred and eighty-six total number of transfer students who applied and six hundred and seventy-eight total number of transfer students who were admitted.
If you are a transfer student, you will be notified of your acceptance by the 15th of December. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 1st of May and The regular application due date was not reported. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of March. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of June.
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University of Maine Financial Aid
Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Art, Athletics, Job Skills, Leadership, Minority Status, Music/Drama, ROTC, Religious Affiliation and State/District Residency. In the same way, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Art, Athletics, Job Skills, Leadership, Minority Status, Music/Drama, Religious Affiliation and State/District Residency. Financial aid forms are FAFSA. Financial aid distribution is at forty-two percent scholarships per grants and fifty-eight percent loans per jobs.
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University of Maine Students
The university is a Public, University, Four-year, Coed, where 80 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. Furthermore, it is part of an Rural setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. Besides, the student body consists of eighty-two percent in-state students, eighteen percent out-of-state students, one percent part-time students, forty-nine percent women, fifty-one percent men, two percent american indian per alaskan native, one percent asian per pacific islander, one percent black per non-hispanic, one percent hispanic, ninety-two percent white per non-hispanic, two percent non-resident alien, one percent race per ethnicity unreported, twenty-two percent in top 10th of graduating class, fifty-two percent in top quarter of graduating class, eighty-six percent in top half of graduating class, twenty-four percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, nine percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, eleven percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, thirty-nine percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, eleven percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99 and six percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49. The school’s size is approximately eight thousand, four hundred and ninety-six degree-seeking undergrads, one thousand, seven hundred and fifty-three first-time degree-seeking freshmen and two thousand, two hundred and fifty-six graduate enrollment. University of Maine offers Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees.
This school features the Rural setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. Certainly, the school is located 12 miles from Bangor.Additionally, the university has many unique facilites such as advanced manufacturing center, machine tool lab, laboratory for surface science and technology, planetarium, anthropology museum, woodland preserve, botanical garden, arts center, observatory, environmental research facility, performing arts hall, Canadian-American center, Franco-American center, digital media lab, farm museum, marine lab, aquatic production facility, climbing wall, Laboratory for Surface Science & Technology (LASST).
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University of Maine Athletics
The Black Bears are a member of NCAA. The following sports can be found here:
- Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Club and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
- Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
- Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Women’s Club, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
- Men’s NCAA Division IAA, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Football
- Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Golf
- Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Racquetball
- Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Women’s Club, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
- Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
- Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
- Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field
- Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_indoor
- Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_outdoor
- Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Women’s Club and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball
- Men’s Club Wrestling
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