Best Maine State Schools

View the Best Maine State Schools and compare the schools with key academic characteristics such as tuition and test scores to get right decision.

Top Maine State Programs Comparison

The next table lists the top 6 Maine State Programs for academic year 2022-2023. College of the Atlantic ranked top in the Best Maine State Schools and Bates College and Bowdoin College follows it. The 2023 average tuition & fees is $53,177 for undergraduate programs $31,364 for graduate programs. The average SAT score of the top Maine State Programs is 1,420 and the acceptance rate is 46.81%. The average students to faculty ratio is 10.83 to 1 for top Maine State Programs. You can sort the schools by clicking column name that you want to sort.
2022-2023 Top Maine State Programs Comparison
Rank*NameTuition & FeesAverage Financial AidPopulationAcceptance RateTest ScoresStudents to Faculty Ratio
336 College of the Atlantic
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Private, 4-yearsBar Harbor, ME
$46,179 $32,698 38060% - 10 to 1
123 Bates College
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Private, 4-yearsLewiston, ME
$63,478 $50,877 1,79014% 1,480 SAT
33 ACT
10 to 1
38 Bowdoin College
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Private, 4-yearsBrunswick, ME
$64,910 $50,865 1,9159% 1,520 SAT
34 ACT
9 to 1
37 Colby College
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Private, 4-yearsWaterville, ME
$66,600 $54,700 2,2998% 1,490 SAT
34 ACT
10 to 1
960 University of Maine
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Public, 4-yearsOrono, ME
$35,346
($12,606)
$11,693 12,23194% 1,190 SAT
28 ACT
14 to 1
685 University of New England
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Private, 4-yearsBiddeford, ME
$42,550 $19,706 6,43496% - 12 to 1
Average$53,177
($12,606)
$36,757 25,04946.81% 1,420 SAT 10.83 to 1
*Ranking data provided by CollegeEvaluator.
All data used in our site is from IPEDS (The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System), U.S. Department of Education, academic year 2022-2023