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 59.05% for academic year 2019-2020 in Maine. Bates College is positioned second with 50.00% yield and Colby College follows them with 40%. 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 (2020)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Bowdoin College Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsBrunswick, ME	59.05%	9,332	845	499	9.05%
2	Bates College Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsLewiston, ME	50.00%	8,222	998	499	12.14%
3	Colby College Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsWaterville, ME	39.73%	13,584	1,314	522	9.67%
4	College of the Atlantic Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsBar Harbor, ME	32.31%	451	325	105	72.06%
5	Husson University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsBangor, ME	27.63%	2,529	2,139	591	84.58%
6	University of Maine at Presque Isle Public, 4 or more yearsPresque Isle, ME	25.93%	736	729	189	99.05%
7	University of Maine at Farmington Public, 4 or more yearsFarmington, ME	24.21%	1,744	1,586	384	90.94%
8	University of Southern Maine Public, 4 or more yearsPortland, ME	22.09%	4,996	4,042	893	80.90%
9	Unity College Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsUnity, ME	21.33%	983	966	206	98.27%
10	Saint Joseph's College of Maine Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsStandish, ME	18.69%	1,301	1,134	212	87.16%

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