45.53% of Applicants Accepted to Maine Colleges in 2025 Admission

78,789

Applicants

35,871

Admitted

45.53%

Acceptance Rate

19.03%

Yield

For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of Maine colleges is 45.53%, 35,871 accepted out of 78,789 applicants.

For Maine college admission, the total number of applicants decreased by 3,408 (-4.15%) compared to last year, from 82,197 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year decreased by 616, which is less than -8.28% last year.

Maine colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 5.73% compared to last year, which means harder to get into Maine colleges. The yield increased by 1.37%.

Among Maine colleges, Colby College has the lowest acceptance rate of 7.09% with 1,360 accepted students out of 19,187 applicants. Colby College has the most number of applicants of 19,187 and University of Maine has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 2,093.

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.

Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Maine Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Colby College19,187
1,401		1,360
145		628
23		7.09%
0.26%		46.18%
-3.61%
Bowdoin College13,265
2,299		946
67		507
3		7.13%
-0.89%		53.59%
-3.75%
Bates College10,027
1,090		1,336
172		488
-17		13.32%
0.30%		36.53%
-6.85%
Maine Maritime Academy1,365
220		739
36		242
12		54.14%
-7.26%		32.75%
0.03%
College of the Atlantic476
30		334
44		78
-3		70.17%
5.15%		23.35%
-4.58%
Maine College of Health Professions14
-4		10
4		10
4		71.43%
38.10%		100.00%
Maine College of Art & Design994
81		756
48		122
1		76.06%
-1.49%		16.14%
-0.95%
University of Southern Maine5,822
-1		4,613
-5		707
-11		79.23%
-0.08%		15.33%
-0.22%
Husson University2,856
313		2,312
114		553
-33		80.95%
-5.48%		23.92%
-2.74%
Saint Joseph's College of Maine2,025
-191		1,691
-120		203
-76		83.51%
1.79%		12.00%
-3.41%
University of New England4,958
-133		4,543
20		562
-27		91.63%
2.79%		12.37%
-0.65%
Thomas College974
121		938
110		151
-43		96.30%
-0.77%		16.10%
-7.33%
University of Maine14,044
49		13,572
177		2,093
225		96.64%
0.93%		15.42%
1.47%
University of Maine at Farmington1,496
190		1,447
172		269
39		96.72%
-0.91%		18.59%
0.55%
University of Maine at Fort Kent529
-10		518
-16		67
-4		97.92%
-1.15%		12.93%
-0.37%
University of Maine at Presque Isle757
2		756
23		146
14		99.87%
2.78%		19.31%
1.30%