Basic Information
Type
Private
Geographical Reach
Regional
Population
400,000
Weather
Comfortable Days
105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours
2,513 (34%)
Days Without Precipitation
237 (32%)
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
415
Men / Women
22% / 78%
From State
17%
From Region
42%
Racial/Ethnic
White
77%
Mixed
8%
Hispanic
7%
Asian
2%
Black
1%
Native American
0%
International
0%
Men in the Entering Class
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Men: 30.4% 30.4%
2012 Men: 26.5% 26.5%
2013 Men: 24.8% 24.8%
2014 Men: 23.0% 23.0%
2015 Men: 31.4% 31.4%
2016 Men: 18.0% 18.0%
2017 Men: 30.6% 30.6%
2018 Men: 20.2% 20.2%
2019 Men: 26.9% 26.9%
2020 Men: 26.4% 26.4%
2021 Men: 28.8% 28.8%
2022 Men: 32.1% 32.1%
2023 Men: 33.3% 33.3%
2024 Men: 28.7% 28.7%
Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Native: 0.8% 0.8%
2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Native: 1.0% 1.0%
2015 Native: 1.4% 1.4%
2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 Native: 1.0% 1.0%
2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 Native: 0.9% 0.9%
2022 Native: 2.5% 2.5%
2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Native: 5.2% 5.2%
2011 Asian: 2.5% 2.5%
2012 Asian: 4.4% 4.4%
2013 Asian: 1.2% 1.2%
2014 Asian: 2.9% 2.9%
2015 Asian: 1.4% 1.4%
2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 Asian: 3.7% 3.7%
2019 Asian: 1.0% 1.0%
2020 Asian: 3.4% 3.4%
2021 Asian: 0.9% 0.9%
2022 Asian: 4.2% 4.2%
2023 Asian: 5.0% 5.0%
2024 Asian: 3.1% 3.1%
2011 Black: 2.5% 2.5%
2012 Black: 4.4% 4.4%
2013 Black: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Black: 1.0% 1.0%
2015 Black: 1.4% 1.4%
2016 Black: 2.2% 2.2%
2017 Black: 2.9% 2.9%
2018 Black: 1.2% 1.2%
2019 Black: 1.9% 1.9%
2020 Black: 2.5% 2.5%
2021 Black: 0.9% 0.9%
2022 Black: 3.3% 3.3%
2023 Black: 5.9% 5.9%
2024 Black: 5.2% 5.2%
2011 Hispanic: 1.6% 1.6%
2012 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Hispanic: 1.9% 1.9%
2015 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1%
2017 Hispanic: 5.9% 5.9%
2018 Hispanic: 4.9% 4.9%
2019 Hispanic: 9.7% 9.7%
2020 Hispanic: 4.2% 4.2%
2021 Hispanic: 5.5% 5.5%
2022 Hispanic: 6.7% 6.7%
2023 Hispanic: 5.9% 5.9%
2024 Hispanic: 9.3% 9.3%
2011 White: 82.0% 82.0%
2012 White: 72.1% 72.1%
2013 White: 86.2% 86.2%
2014 White: 87.4% 87.4%
2015 White: 79.7% 79.7%
2016 White: 86.8% 86.8%
2017 White: 79.4% 79.4%
2018 White: 84.1% 84.1%
2019 White: 79.6% 79.6%
2020 White: 82.4% 82.4%
2021 White: 79.8% 79.8%
2022 White: 71.7% 71.7%
2023 White: 76.5% 76.5%
2024 White: 64.9% 64.9%
2011 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2012 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2013 International: 1.2% 1.2%
2014 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 International: 1.7% 1.7%
2021 International: 2.8% 2.8%
2022 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 International: 0.0% 0.0%
Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.
Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2020 Native: 1.2% 1.2%
2021 Native: 1.1% 1.1%
2022 Native: 0.5% 0.5%
2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3%
2024 Native: 0.5% 0.5%
2025 Native: 0.5% 0.5%
2020 Asian: 4.0% 4.0%
2021 Asian: 2.4% 2.4%
2022 Asian: 3.0% 3.0%
2023 Asian: 4.5% 4.5%
2024 Asian: 2.6% 2.6%
2025 Asian: 2.2% 2.2%
2020 Black: 4.2% 4.2%
2021 Black: 2.9% 2.9%
2022 Black: 3.2% 3.2%
2023 Black: 2.6% 2.6%
2024 Black: 1.7% 1.7%
2025 Black: 0.7% 0.7%
2020 Hispanic: 7.0% 7.0%
2021 Hispanic: 5.1% 5.1%
2022 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5%
2023 Hispanic: 2.9% 2.9%
2024 Hispanic: 6.2% 6.2%
2025 Hispanic: 7.2% 7.2%
2020 White: 73.7% 73.7%
2021 White: 74.5% 74.5%
2022 White: 70.0% 70.0%
2023 White: 74.7% 74.7%
2024 White: 73.9% 73.9%
2025 White: 77.1% 77.1%
2020 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2023 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2025 International: 0.0% 0.0%
Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.
IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Schools & Majors
⇅
Maine College of Art & Design
85
26% / 74%
0%
$35,253
3
90%
Animation
19 —
16% / 84%
0%
$36,201
3
—
Ceramics
7 —
14% / 86%
0%
$33,148
2
88%
Craft Design
1 —
0% / 100%
0%
$36,261
3
—
Fashion Design
2 —
0% / 100%
0%
$37,188
4
93%
Graphic Design
7 —
43% / 57%
0%
$37,188
4
93%
Illustration
16 —
44% / 56%
0%
$37,188
4
93%
Intermedia/Multimedia
1 —
100% / 0%
0%
—
—
—
Jewelry Arts
2 —
0% / 100%
0%
$33,148
2
88%
Painting
14 —
21% / 79%
0%
$33,148
2
88%
Photography
2 —
50% / 50%
0%
$40,520
6
100%
Printmaking
7 —
14% / 86%
0%
$33,148
2
88%
Sculpture
7 —
29% / 71%
0%
$33,148
2
88%
Financial
Tuition & Fees
$45,947
ROI Percentile
3th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
72%
4-Year Graduation Rate
47%
6-Year Graduation Rate
52%
Transfer-Out Rate
5%
Six-Year Graduation Rate
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Graduated: 41.8% 41.8%
2012 Graduated: 26.5% 26.5%
2013 Graduated: 45.0% 45.0%
2014 Graduated: 45.6% 45.6%
2015 Graduated: 66.7% 66.7%
2016 Graduated: 57.1% 57.1%
2017 Graduated: 52.9% 52.9%
2018 Graduated: 51.2% 51.2%
2019 Graduated: 54.4% 54.4%
2020 Graduated: 52.1% 52.1%
2021 Graduated: 44.0% 44.0%
2022 Graduated: 48.3% 48.3%
2023 Graduated: 48.7% 48.7%
2024 Graduated: 51.5% 51.5%
Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Men: 34.9% 34.9%
2012 Men: 30.8% 30.8%
2013 Men: 54.2% 54.2%
2014 Men: 50.0% 50.0%
2015 Men: 77.8% 77.8%
2016 Men: 69.6% 69.6%
2017 Men: 38.7% 38.7%
2018 Men: 54.5% 54.5%
2019 Men: 52.0% 52.0%
2020 Men: 60.0% 60.0%
2021 Men: 50.0% 50.0%
2022 Men: 50.0% 50.0%
2023 Men: 44.4% 44.4%
2024 Men: 52.6% 52.6%
2011 Women: 45.6% 45.6%
2012 Women: 23.8% 23.8%
2013 Women: 41.1% 41.1%
2014 Women: 42.9% 42.9%
2015 Women: 65.0% 65.0%
2016 Women: 52.9% 52.9%
2017 Women: 59.2% 59.2%
2018 Women: 50.0% 50.0%
2019 Women: 55.1% 55.1%
2020 Women: 50.0% 50.0%
2021 Women: 41.3% 41.3%
2022 Women: 48.0% 48.0%
2023 Women: 50.6% 50.6%
2024 Women: 51.3% 51.3%
IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Black: 33.3% 33.3%
2012 Black: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Black: 100.0% 100.0%
2015 Black: 100.0% 100.0%
2016 Black: 100.0% 100.0%
2017 Black: 66.7% 66.7%
2018 Black: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 Black: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 Black: 33.3% 33.3%
2021 Black: 100.0% 100.0%
2022 Black: 50.0% 50.0%
2023 Black: 14.3% 14.3%
2024 Black: 60.0% 60.0%
2011 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Hispanic: 100.0% 100.0%
2016 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0%
2018 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0%
2019 Hispanic: 40.0% 40.0%
2020 Hispanic: 40.0% 40.0%
2021 Hispanic: 33.3% 33.3%
2022 Hispanic: 37.5% 37.5%
2023 Hispanic: 28.6% 28.6%
2024 Hispanic: 55.6% 55.6%
2011 White: 43.0% 43.0%
2012 White: 26.5% 26.5%
2013 White: 46.4% 46.4%
2014 White: 45.6% 45.6%
2015 White: 65.5% 65.5%
2016 White: 55.7% 55.7%
2017 White: 54.3% 54.3%
2018 White: 52.2% 52.2%
2019 White: 58.5% 58.5%
2020 White: 54.1% 54.1%
2021 White: 42.5% 42.5%
2022 White: 51.2% 51.2%
2023 White: 52.7% 52.7%
2024 White: 50.8% 50.8%
Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.
IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Earnings by Major Category
Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).
Academics
⇅
Arts
100.0%
85
26% / 74%
0%
$35,254
3
90%
Admissions
Uses Common App
Yes
Acceptance Rate
78%
Yield (Unbound)
16%
Acceptance Rates
In-State
Out-of-State
International
Regular Decision
78%
78%
78%
Acceptance & Yield
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Acceptance: 94.7% 94.7%
2012 Acceptance: 97.7% 97.7%
2013 Acceptance: 96.2% 96.2%
2014 Acceptance: 97.3% 97.3%
2015 Acceptance: 98.1% 98.1%
2016 Acceptance: 86.4% 86.4%
2017 Acceptance: 67.7% 67.7%
2018 Acceptance: 61.4% 61.4%
2019 Acceptance: 62.4% 62.4%
2020 Acceptance: 70.3% 70.3%
2021 Acceptance: 72.1% 72.1%
2022 Acceptance: 74.0% 74.0%
2023 Acceptance: 77.5% 77.5%
2024 Acceptance: 76.1% 76.1%
2011 Yield: 33.3% 33.3%
2012 Yield: 28.2% 28.2%
2013 Yield: 34.1% 34.1%
2014 Yield: 33.4% 33.4%
2015 Yield: 29.3% 29.3%
2016 Yield: 28.0% 28.0%
2017 Yield: 24.0% 24.0%
2018 Yield: 18.2% 18.2%
2019 Yield: 21.1% 21.1%
2020 Yield: 23.0% 23.0%
2021 Yield: 21.7% 21.7%
2022 Yield: 20.4% 20.4%
2023 Yield: 17.1% 17.1%
2024 Yield: 16.1% 16.1%
Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled
0
250
500
750
1,000
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Applicants: 323 323
2012 Applicants: 301 301
2013 Applicants: 320 320
2014 Applicants: 375 375
2015 Applicants: 411 411
2016 Applicants: 529 529
2017 Applicants: 744 744
2018 Applicants: 888 888
2019 Applicants: 906 906
2020 Applicants: 797 797
2021 Applicants: 666 666
2022 Applicants: 649 649
2023 Applicants: 913 913
2024 Applicants: 994 994
2011 Admitted: 306 306
2012 Admitted: 294 294
2013 Admitted: 308 308
2014 Admitted: 365 365
2015 Admitted: 403 403
2016 Admitted: 457 457
2017 Admitted: 504 504
2018 Admitted: 545 545
2019 Admitted: 565 565
2020 Admitted: 560 560
2021 Admitted: 480 480
2022 Admitted: 480 480
2023 Admitted: 708 708
2024 Admitted: 756 756
2011 Enrolled: 102 102
2012 Enrolled: 83 83
2013 Enrolled: 105 105
2014 Enrolled: 122 122
2015 Enrolled: 118 118
2016 Enrolled: 128 128
2017 Enrolled: 121 121
2018 Enrolled: 99 99
2019 Enrolled: 119 119
2020 Enrolled: 129 129
2021 Enrolled: 104 104
2022 Enrolled: 98 98
2023 Enrolled: 121 121
2024 Enrolled: 122 122
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Published SAT Distribution
