University of Maine Student Population

How many students at UMaine?

For the academic year 2024-2025, University of Maine has a total enrollment of 12,029 students, including 9,601 undergraduate and 2,428 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 5,835 male students (48.5%) and 6,194 female students (51.5%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 9,389 White students (78.1%) and 535 Hispanic students (4.4%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 9,601 undergraduate students (79.8%) and 2,428 graduate students (20.2%).
• Class Delivery: 2,466 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 4,263 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (very high research activity) - which average 34,856 - UMaine's body is much smaller.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 5,835 male (48.51%) and 6,194 female (51.49%) students are attending University of Maine. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 94.20.

By class level, 9,601 (79.82%) are undergraduate students and 2,428 (20.18%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 50.93% are male and 49.07% are female, while among graduate students, 38.92% are male and 61.08% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 9,389 White, 245 Black, and 198 Asian students out of a total of 12,029 are attending at University of Maine. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Maine is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 38.5% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UMaine has 872 students under 18 years old and 47 students over 65 years old. There are 9,129 students under 25 years old, and 2,900 students over 25 years old out of 12,029 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 872 students are younger than 18 and 28 students are older than 65. UMaine has 8,625 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 976 students aged 25 and over.

It has 504 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,924 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of Maine, 2,466 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,263 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,758 students who live in Maine or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 708 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 9,601 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 492 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.12%.354 students have transferred in as full-time status and 138 students transferred in as part-time status.