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 53.89% for academic year 2020-2021 in Maine. Bates College is positioned second with 44.15% 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 (2021)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Bowdoin College Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsBrunswick, ME	53.89%	9,402	861	464	9.16%
2	Bates College Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsLewiston, ME	44.15%	7,696	1,085	479	14.10%
3	Colby College Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsWaterville, ME	39.58%	13,922	1,430	566	10.27%
4	Husson University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsBangor, ME	27.16%	2,301	1,948	529	84.66%
5	College of the Atlantic Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsBar Harbor, ME	27.04%	405	307	83	75.80%
6	Unity College Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsUnity, ME	26.84%	885	883	237	99.77%
7	University of Maine at Presque Isle Public, 4 or more yearsPresque Isle, ME	25.54%	700	693	177	99.00%
8	University of Maine at Farmington Public, 4 or more yearsFarmington, ME	24.72%	1,595	1,509	373	94.61%
9	Saint Joseph's College of Maine Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsStandish, ME	20.27%	1,274	1,105	224	86.73%
10	University of Southern Maine Public, 4 or more yearsPortland, ME	19.25%	4,774	4,198	808	87.93%

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