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Colleges With Highest Yield in Maine

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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 58.93% for academic year 2022-2023 in Maine. Colby College is positioned second with 52.33% yield and Bates College follows them with 46%. 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 (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Bowdoin College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBrunswick, ME		 58.93% 9,376 862 508 9.19%
2Colby College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWaterville, ME		 52.33% 16,890 1,286 673 7.61%
3Bates College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLewiston, ME		 45.56% 8,273 1,137 518 13.74%
4College of the Atlantic
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBar Harbor, ME		 32.88% 486 292 96 60.08%
5Husson University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBangor, ME		 24.86% 2,542 2,321 577 91.31%
6University of Maine at Farmington
Public, four-yearsFarmington, ME		 19.92% 1,407 1,325 264 94.17%
7University of Maine at Presque Isle
Public, four-yearsPresque Isle, ME		 19.86% 732 710 141 96.99%
8Saint Joseph's College of Maine
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsStandish, ME		 16.89% 1,472 1,190 201 80.84%
9University of Southern Maine
Public, four-yearsPortland, ME		 15.86% 5,544 4,736 751 85.43%
10University of New England
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBiddeford, ME		 15.37% 4,941 4,757 731 96.28%

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