What do private nonprofit colleges in Maine cost?

Across the 10 schools that report it, the median average net price is $24,102 a year. Net price is what full-time, first-time students receiving federal aid pay after grants and scholarships. Reported net prices range from $15,595 at Bowdoin College to $40,801 at Maine College of Art & Design.

Which private nonprofit colleges in Maine have the lowest average net price?

By reported average net price: Bowdoin College ($15,595), Colby College ($19,835), Unity Environmental University ($20,750), Husson University ($22,146), and Thomas College ($23,739).

How much do former students of private nonprofit colleges in Maine earn?

At the median institution, former students who received federal aid earn $62,903 10 years after starting college (10 institutions reporting; branch campuses share one figure and count once). The highest reported medians are at Bates College ($98,373), Bowdoin College ($90,153), and Colby College ($88,776).

What is the graduation rate at private nonprofit colleges in Maine?

The median graduation rate is 61.0%, across 10 schools reporting. It counts full-time, first-time students who finished within 150% of normal time.

How much student debt do graduates of private nonprofit colleges in Maine have?

The median institution's graduates leave with $22,973 in federal student loans (the median balance). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.

Private nonprofit colleges in Maine

The College Scorecard lists 11 private nonprofit colleges that mostly award bachelor's degrees or higher in Maine, all compared on this page. Together they enroll 19,655 undergraduate degree-seeking students. The median average net price is $24,102 a year, about the same as the $22,971 median for private nonprofit colleges nationwide. Former students' median earnings 10 years after starting college are $62,903 at the median institution, higher than the $59,082 median for private nonprofit colleges nationwide. The median graduation rate is 61.0%.

Open in the dashboardSource: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Schools

Undergraduatesi

19,655

Median net pricei

$24,102

U.S.: $22,971

Median earnings, 10 yrsi

$62,903

U.S.: $59,082

Median debti

$22,973

U.S.: $23,250

Median grad ratei

61.0%

U.S.: 57.7%

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All 11 private nonprofit colleges in Maine


Unity Environmental University New Gloucester	6,483	$20,750	$12,640	$46,894	$24,446	20.2%	36.1%	n/a
Husson University Bangor	2,618	$22,146	$24,126	$57,136	$27,000	60.1%	75.3%	81.0%
Colby College Waterville	2,407	$19,835	$72,910	$88,776	$18,000	87.0%	93.7%	7.1%
University of New England Biddeford	2,135	$38,617	$45,900	$68,670	$26,000	61.8%	79.4%	91.6%
Bowdoin College Brunswick	1,873	$15,595	$71,740	$90,153	$15,000	92.8%	96.8%	7.1%
Bates College Lewiston	1,760	$27,390	$70,146	$98,373	$12,250	88.1%	91.3%	13.3%
Saint Joseph's College of Maine Standish	964	$29,029	$45,744	$69,579	$26,615	56.4%	74.6%	83.5%
Thomas College Waterville	647	$23,739	$32,654	$53,206	$21,000	58.4%	77.5%	96.3%
Maine College of Art & Design Portland	415	$40,801	$44,358	$38,062	$27,000	50.8%	71.7%	76.1%
College of the Atlantic Bar Harbor	353	$24,465	$49,464	$47,967	$21,500	73.3%	85.0%	70.2%
Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts Portland	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Quick facts: private nonprofit colleges in Maine

How many private nonprofit colleges are in Maine?: The College Scorecard lists 11 private nonprofit colleges that mostly award bachelor's degrees or higher in Maine.
What do private nonprofit colleges in Maine cost?: Across the 10 schools that report it, the median average net price is $24,102 a year. Net price is what full-time, first-time students receiving federal aid pay after grants and scholarships. Reported net prices range from $15,595 at Bowdoin College to $40,801 at Maine College of Art & Design.
Which private nonprofit colleges in Maine have the lowest average net price?: By reported average net price: Bowdoin College ($15,595), Colby College ($19,835), Unity Environmental University ($20,750), Husson University ($22,146), and Thomas College ($23,739).
How much do former students of private nonprofit colleges in Maine earn?: At the median institution, former students who received federal aid earn $62,903 10 years after starting college (10 institutions reporting; branch campuses share one figure and count once). The highest reported medians are at Bates College ($98,373), Bowdoin College ($90,153), and Colby College ($88,776).
What is the graduation rate at private nonprofit colleges in Maine?: The median graduation rate is 61.0%, across 10 schools reporting. It counts full-time, first-time students who finished within 150% of normal time.
How much student debt do graduates of private nonprofit colleges in Maine have?: The median institution's graduates leave with $22,973 in federal student loans (the median balance). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.

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How these numbers work

This page includes private nonprofit colleges that mostly award bachelor's degrees or higher, as reported in the College Scorecard. Summary figures are medians across schools: each school counts once, whatever its size, and schools that don't report a measure are left out of that measure. The Scorecard reports earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure; for those two measures each institution counts once. Most recent data year: cost 2025, graduation and retention 2025, earnings 2022, debt 2024. More on the data.