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 53.59% for academic year 2024-2025 in Maine. Colby College is positioned second with 46.18% yield and Bates College follows them with 37%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Maine.

Most Favored Maine Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Bowdoin College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBrunswick, ME	53.59%	13,265	946	507	7.13%
2	Colby College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWaterville, ME	46.18%	19,187	1,360	628	7.09%
3	Bates College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLewiston, ME	36.53%	10,027	1,336	488	13.32%
4	Husson University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBangor, ME	23.92%	2,856	2,312	553	80.95%
5	College of the Atlantic Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBar Harbor, ME	23.35%	476	334	78	70.17%
6	University of Maine at Presque Isle Public, four-yearsPresque Isle, ME	19.31%	757	756	146	99.87%
7	University of Maine at Farmington Public, four-yearsFarmington, ME	18.59%	1,496	1,447	269	96.72%
8	University of Maine Public, four-yearsOrono, ME	15.42%	14,044	13,572	2,093	96.64%
9	University of Southern Maine Public, four-yearsPortland, ME	15.33%	5,822	4,613	707	79.23%
10	University of Maine at Fort Kent Public, four-yearsFort Kent, ME	12.93%	529	518	67	97.92%

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Most Favored Maine Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

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