| School Name | City (distance from city center) | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Graduate Tuition & Fees | Acceptance Rate | Graduation Rate | Student To faculty Ratio | Student Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empire Beauty School-Maine private (for-profit) |
Portland (0.9 miles) |
$17,625 | - | - | - | 15 to 1 | 155 |
| University of Southern Maine public |
Portland (1.0 miles) |
$27,104 ($10,920) |
$25,884 ($9,594) | 85.43% | 41% | 14 to 1 | 7,583 |
| Maine College of Art & Design private (not-for-profit) |
Portland (1.6 miles) |
$41,398 | $41,068 | 73.96% | 48% | 8 to 1 | 436 |
| Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts private (not-for-profit) |
Portland (1.6 miles) |
$50,000 | $47,600 | - | - | - | 92 |
| Southern Maine Community College public |
South Portland (3.0 miles) |
$6,677 ($3,797) |
- | - | 18% | 20 to 1 | 6,007 |
| Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook private (for-profit) |
Westbrook (3.2 miles) |
$11,950 | - | - | - | 13 to 1 | 248 |
| Northeast Technical Institute private (for-profit) |
Scarborough (5.3 miles) |
$17,982 | - | - | - | 16 to 1 | 407 |
| Saint Joseph's College of Maine private (not-for-profit) |
Standish (14.8 miles) |
$42,834 | $9,630 | 80.84% | 69% | 10 to 1 | 1,478 |
| Unity College private (not-for-profit) |
New Gloucester (15.8 miles) |
$12,640 | $9,750 | 94.31% | 52% | 36 to 1 | 4,281 |
| University of New England private (not-for-profit) |
Biddeford (16.2 miles) |
$42,550 | $32,175 | 96.28% | 59% | 12 to 1 | 6,434 |
| Bowdoin College private (not-for-profit) |
Brunswick (22.1 miles) |
$64,910 | - | 9.19% | 94% | 9 to 1 | 1,915 |
| The Landing School private (not-for-profit) |
Arundel (23.6 miles) |
$27,700 | - | - | 92% | 8 to 1 | 46 |
| Maine College of Health Professions private (not-for-profit) |
Lewiston (29.4 miles) |
$17,827 | - | 56.25% | 83% | 11 to 1 | 237 |
| Bates College private (not-for-profit) |
Lewiston (29.8 miles) |
$63,478 | - | 13.74% | 92% | 10 to 1 | 1,790 |