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University of Southern Maine
Portland, ME · Public · 4,222 students · mostly bachelor degrees
11th-cheapest of 31 Maine colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$13,596
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$23,717
Graduation rate
40%
Admission rate
79%
Median graduate earnings
$49,958
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$19,060
Average SAT
1116
Median ACT
22
Pell grant recipients
28%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
167 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree38 grads/yr$118,908Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree15 grads/yr$94,721Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree22 grads/yr$88,515Environmental Health · Master's Degree13 grads/yr$88,404Law · First Professional Degree84 grads/yr$83,912Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$79,352Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology/Technician · Bachelor's Degree4 grads/yr$77,734Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree168 grads/yr$75,465Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree16 grads/yr$73,068Accounting · Bachelor's Degree10 grads/yr$71,945Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Master's Degree20 grads/yr$67,576Education Policy Analysis · Master's Degree25 grads/yr$66,469Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree26 grads/yr$65,836Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree96 grads/yr$65,230Social Work · Master's Degree34 grads/yr$62,912Environmental Science · Bachelor's Degree8 grads/yr$60,665Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree9 grads/yr$60,086Criminology · Bachelor's Degree14 grads/yr$59,270Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree42 grads/yr$58,164Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic and Other Physical Health Impairments · Master's Degree47 grads/yr$58,059Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree36 grads/yr$57,968Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist · Bachelor's Degree69 grads/yr$57,790College Student Counseling and Personnel Services · Master's Degree39 grads/yr$56,490Foreign Languages and Literatures, General · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$55,435Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Master's Degree67 grads/yr$53,547
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.