unitid 161253 · Orono, ME · public 4-year · suburb (small)
University of Maine
- enrollment 2023
- 14,675
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
97%
89th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
8,496
67th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
23%
undergrads on Pell grants
25th pctl among public 4-years
completion
55%
finish within 150% time
70th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$27,328
77th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$17,510
after aid, aided students
81st pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$48,653
after entry, Title IV students
46th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$25,000
91st pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $12,642 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k20%
- 30-48k14%
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $65,562
- First-generation students
- 23%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $13,326
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.9× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 172 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 151 | $62,799 | $27,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 97 | $44,274 | $26,909 |
| Marketing. | 96 | $64,199 | $26,931 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 91 | $66,565 | $24,520 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 82 | $50,136 | $27,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 80 | $42,684 | $27,000 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 80 | $87,105 | $27,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 70 | $77,342 | $27,000 |
| Biology, General. | 69 | $62,960 | $26,000 |
| Marine Sciences. | 61 | $55,546 | $27,000 |
| Political Science and Government. | 55 | $59,286 | $26,798 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.