List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Maine

List of colleges and universities in Maine

Higher education institutions in Maine

The U.S. state of Maine has twenty-nine accredited, degree-granting institutions of higher learning. The state's land-grant university and only research university is the University of Maine in Orono. It is the flagship of the University of Maine System, which also has institutions in Augusta, Portland/Gorham/Lewiston, Farmington, Fort Kent, Machias, and Presque Isle.^[1] Maine's public education system also includes the Maine Community College System, comprising seven schools, and the Maine Maritime Academy.

Bowdoin College's Massachusetts Hall

The state's three oldest institutions of higher education are Bowdoin College (founded in 1794), Colby College (1813), and Bates College (1855). The three colleges collectively form the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium and are ranked among the best colleges in the United States; often placing in the top 10 percent of all liberal arts colleges.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The largest institution in the state is the private University of New England, with 13,439 students. The smallest, with 79 students, is The Landing School, an institution focused on boat building. UMaine is home to the state's only NCAA Division I athletic program, the Maine Black Bears. The collegiate system of Maine also includes numerous baccalaureate colleges such as Husson University, Unity College, and Thomas College. There is only one medical school in the state, the University of New England's College of Osteopathic Medicine, and only one law school, the University of Maine School of Law.

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[5] School types are based on the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

[6] Enrollment is the 12-month unduplicated headcount as reported by IPEDS for 2018-19.

[21] Casco Bay College was purchased by Andover College in 1999.

[35] The Westbrook College campus is now known by the University of New England as the UNE Portland Campus.

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School	Location(s)	Control	Type^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Enrollment (2019)^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Founded
Bates College	Lewiston	Private	Baccalaureate college	1,964	1855
Beal University	Bangor	Private (for-profit)	Associates college	229	1891^[5]
Bowdoin College	Brunswick	Private	Baccalaureate college	1,969	1794
Central Maine Community College	Auburn	Public	Associates college	3,746	1963^[6]
Colby College	Waterville	Private	Baccalaureate college	2,150	1813^[7]
College of the Atlantic	Bar Harbor	Private	Baccalaureate college	387	1969
Eastern Maine Community College	Bangor	Public	Associates college	3,145	1966^[8]
Husson University	Bangor	Private	Masters university	4,223	1898
Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts	Portland	Private	Special-focus institution	92	2007^[9]
Kennebec Valley Community College	Fairfield	Public	Associates college	3,341	1969^[10]
The Landing School	Arundel	Private	Special-focus institution	64	1978^[11]
Maine College of Art	Portland	Private	School of art	488	1882
Maine Maritime Academy	Castine	Public	Baccalaureate college	1,007	1941
Maine Media College	Rockport	Private	Special-focus institution	43	1973
Maine College of Health Professions	Lewiston	Private	Associates college	234	1891^[12]
New England Bible College and Seminary	Bangor	Private	Seminary	55	1959
Northern Maine Community College	Presque Isle	Public	Associates college	1,108	1961^[13]
Saint Joseph's College of Maine	Standish	Private	Masters university	3,397	1912
Southern Maine Community College	South Portland	Public	Associates college	8,847	1946^[14]
Thomas College	Waterville	Private	Baccalaureate college	1,987	1894
Unity Environmental University	New Gloucester and Unity	Private	Masters university	4,281	1965
University of Maine	Orono	Public	Research university	13,091	1865
University of Maine at Augusta	Augusta	Public	Baccalaureate college	5,515	1965
University of Maine at Farmington	Farmington	Public	Baccalaureate college	2,461	1863
University of Maine at Fort Kent	Fort Kent	Public	Baccalaureate college	2,142	1878
University of Maine at Machias	Machias	Public	Baccalaureate college	959	1909
University of Maine at Presque Isle	Presque Isle	Public	Baccalaureate college	1,916	1903
University of New England	Biddeford and Portland	Private	Masters university	13,439	1939
University of Southern Maine	Gorham, Portland and Lewiston	Public	Masters university	10,606	1878
Washington County Community College	Calais	Public	Associates college	489	1969^[15]
York County Community College	Wells	Public	Associates college	2,206	1994^[16]

School	Location(s)	Founded	Closed	Cite
Bangor Theological Seminary	Bangor	1814	2013	^[17]
Bliss College	Lewiston	1897	1972	^[18]
Casco Bay College	Portland	1863	1999	^{[lower-alpha 3]}^[19]^[20]
Eastern State Normal School	Castine	1867	1942	^[21]
Gorham State College	Gorham	1878	1970	^[22]
Immaculate Heart of Mary Institute	Saco			^[23]
John F. Kennedy College	Fort Kent	1965	1975	^[24]
LaMennais College	Alfred	1951	1959	^[25]
Mid-State College	Augusta	1867	2003	^[26]
Nasson College	Springvale	1912	1983	^[27]
Northern Conservatory of Music	Bangor	1929	1972	^[28]
Oblate College & Seminary	Bar Harbor	1941	1969	^[29]
Ricker College	Houlton	1848	1978	^[30]
Salt Institute for Documentary Studies	Portland	1973	2016	Acquired by the Maine College of Art ^[31]
Westbrook College	Portland	1831	1996	^{[lower-alpha 4]}

List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Maine

List of colleges and universities in Maine

Open institutions

Defunct institutions

Out-of-state institutions

Unaccredited institutions

See also

References

Notes

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