2022-2023 Acceptance Rate of Maine Colleges

54.07% of Applicants Accepted to Maine Colleges in 2022-2023 Admission

The 2023 average acceptance rate of Maine colleges is 54.07% and the admission yield is 18.03%. A total of 76,221 applicants have applied to Mainecolleges (four-years) and 41,211 have accepted to admit into one or more schools. Finally, 7,432 students out of the accepted students have enrolled into one of the accepted colleges.

For Maine college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 6,052 (8.62%) compared to last year, from 70,169 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year decreased by 149, which is less than -1.97% last year.

Maine colleges' acceptance rate increased by 0.45% compared to last year, which means easier to get into Maine colleges. The yield decreased by 2.12%.

Among Maine colleges, Colby College has the lowest acceptance rate of 7.61% with 1,286 accepted students out of 16,890 applicants. Colby College has the most number of applicants of 16,890 and University of Maine has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 1,940.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Maine Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Maine. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Last Update: December 24, 2023 | Data source: IPEDS

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Maine Colleges
School	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Yield
College of the Atlantic	486 -39	292 -29	96 3	60.08% -1.06%	32.88% 3.91%
Bates College	8,273 954	1,137 -130	518 -35	13.74% -3.57%	45.56% 1.91%
Bowdoin College	9,376 51	862 40	508 -9	9.19% 0.38%	58.93% -3.97%
Maine College of Health Professions	16 3	9 -2	9 -2	56.25% -28.37%	100.00%
Colby College	16,890 1,033	1,286 -121	673 6	7.61% -1.26%	52.33% 4.92%
University of Maine at Farmington	1,407 -162	1,325 -192	264 -81	94.17% -2.52%	19.92% -2.82%
University of Maine at Fort Kent	527 -273	523 -276	57 -10	99.24% -0.64%	10.90% 2.51%
University of Maine	15,021 56	14,114 -321	1,940 -377	93.96% -2.50%	13.75% -2.30%
Maine Maritime Academy	1,164 55	671 31	219 12	57.65% -0.06%	32.64% 0.30%
University of Maine at Presque Isle	732 -68	710 -89	141 -21	96.99% -2.89%	19.86% -0.42%
University of New England	4,941 176	4,757 469	731 136	96.28% 6.29%	15.37% 1.49%
Maine College of Art & Design	649 -17	480	98 -6	73.96% 1.89%	20.42% -1.25%
Saint Joseph's College of Maine	1,472 118	1,190 99	201 -7	80.84% 0.26%	16.89% -2.18%
University of Southern Maine	5,544 147	4,736 41	751 -144	85.43% -1.56%	15.86% -3.20%
Thomas College	869	845	234	97.24%	27.69%
Unity College	6,312 3,409	5,953 3,299	415 171	94.31% 2.89%	6.97% -2.22%
Husson University	2,542 -260	2,321 -76	577 -19	91.31% 5.76%	24.86% 0.00%