unitid 161554 · Portland, ME · public 4-year · city (small)
University of Southern Maine
- enrollment 2023
- 9,718
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
79%
42nd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
4,222
45th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
28%
undergrads on Pell grants
39th pctl among public 4-years
completion
40%
finish within 150% time
39th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$23,717
57th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$13,596
after aid, aided students
56th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$49,958
after entry, Title IV students
49th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$19,060
44th 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 $9,999 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
- 0-30k29%
- 30-48k16%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $35,815
- First-generation students
- 33%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $11,284
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.6× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 168 | $71,235 | $29,242 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 96 | $59,240 | $25,042 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 85 | — | — |
| Law. | 84 | $80,203 | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 69 | $50,753 | $22,654 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 67 | $51,750 | — |
| Social Sciences, Other. | 59 | $42,725 | $24,825 |
| Psychology, General. | 56 | $42,001 | $20,730 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 51 | $49,157 | $22,623 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language. | 51 | — | — |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 47 | — | — |
| Biology, General. | 42 | $63,868 | $25,125 |
— 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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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
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.