Most Favored Maine Colleges

Most Favored Maine Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Maine. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.

Bowdoin College, has the highest yield rate of 62.90% for academic year 2021-2022 in Maine. Colby College is positioned second with 47.41% yield and Bates College follows them with 44%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Maine.

Most Favored Maine Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2022)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Bowdoin College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBrunswick, ME	62.90%	9,325	822	517	8.82%
2	Colby College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWaterville, ME	47.41%	15,857	1,407	667	8.87%
3	Bates College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLewiston, ME	43.65%	7,319	1,267	553	17.31%
4	College of the Atlantic Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBar Harbor, ME	28.97%	525	321	93	61.14%
5	Husson University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBangor, ME	24.86%	2,802	2,397	596	85.55%
6	University of Maine at Farmington Public, four-yearsFarmington, ME	22.74%	1,569	1,517	345	96.69%
7	University of Maine at Presque Isle Public, four-yearsPresque Isle, ME	20.28%	800	799	162	99.88%
8	Saint Joseph's College of Maine Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsStandish, ME	19.07%	1,354	1,091	208	80.58%
9	University of Southern Maine Public, four-yearsPortland, ME	19.06%	5,397	4,695	895	86.99%
10	University of Maine Public, four-yearsOrono, ME	16.05%	14,965	14,435	2,317	96.46%

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