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Maine Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) 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.
Saint Joseph's College of Maine, has the lowest yield rate of 12.00% for academic year 2024-2025 in Maine. University of New England is positioned second with 12.37% yield and University of Maine at Fort Kent follows them with 13%. Next table shows the schools that have low 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 highest yield rates in Maine.
Maine Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Saint Joseph's College of Maine
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsStandish, ME
12.00% 2,025 1,691 203 83.51%
2University of New England
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBiddeford, ME
12.37% 4,958 4,543 562 91.63%
3University of Maine at Fort Kent
Public, four-yearsFort Kent, ME
12.93% 529 518 67 97.92%
4University of Southern Maine
Public, four-yearsPortland, ME
15.33% 5,822 4,613 707 79.23%
5University of Maine
Public, four-yearsOrono, ME
15.42% 14,044 13,572 2,093 96.64%
6University of Maine at Farmington
Public, four-yearsFarmington, ME
18.59% 1,496 1,447 269 96.72%
7University of Maine at Presque Isle
Public, four-yearsPresque Isle, ME
19.31% 757 756 146 99.87%
8College of the Atlantic
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBar Harbor, ME
23.35% 476 334 78 70.17%
9Husson University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBangor, ME
23.92% 2,856 2,312 553 80.95%
10Bates College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLewiston, ME
36.53% 10,027 1,336 488 13.32%