Largest Maine Public Colleges

University of Maine is the largest public Maine college with 12,231 students. The percentage of online students is 22.46% at the school.

University of Southern Maine with 7,583 students and University of Maine at Presque Isle with 1,847 students are following it in the largetst Maine college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest Maine online colleges.

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Key Admission and Academic Facts of Largest Maine Public Colleges With Most Students

University of Maine is the largest school with 12,231 students and University of Southern Maine has the second largest population with 7,583 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

University of Maine stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. University of Southern Maine also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $24,058 and graduate tuition & fees is $17,006 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 87.91% and the average SAT score is 1,143 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 6 Largest Maine Public Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest Maine Public Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	University of Maine Orono, ME Public, four-years	12,231 490	9,774	2,457	5,848	6,383	2,747	14 to 1
2 -	University of Southern Maine Portland, ME Public, four-years	7,583 439	5,616	1,967	2,807	4,776	1,932	14 to 1
3 2	University of Maine at Presque Isle Presque Isle, ME Public, four-years	1,847 380	1,824	23	677	1,170	899	23 to 1
4 1	University of Maine at Farmington Farmington, ME Public, four-years	1,837 25	1,558	279	554	1,283	339	11 to 1
5 1	University of Maine at Fort Kent Fort Kent, ME Public, four-years	1,210 414	1,194	16	361	849	487	17 to 1
6 -	Maine Maritime Academy Castine, ME Public, four-years	897 44	878	19	721	176	17	11 to 1
	Average	4,268	3,474	794	1,828	2,440	1,070	15 to 1

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