Tightest Maine Colleges to Get In

Tightest Maine Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The following table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Maine colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Colby College has the lowest acceptance rate as of 7.09% for academic year 2023-2024 in Maine. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).

The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Maine.

Tightest Maine Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2023-2024)
	Name	Acceptance Rate	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Yield
1	Colby College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWaterville, ME	7.09%	19,187	1,360	628	46.18%
2	Bowdoin College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBrunswick, ME	7.13%	13,265	946	507	53.59%
3	Bates College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsLewiston, ME	13.32%	10,027	1,336	488	36.53%
4	Maine Maritime Academy Public, four-yearsCastine, ME	54.14%	1,365	739	242	32.75%
5	Maine College of Art & Design Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPortland, ME	76.06%	994	756	122	16.14%
6	University of Southern Maine Public, four-yearsPortland, ME	79.23%	5,822	4,613	707	15.33%
7	Husson University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBangor, ME	80.95%	2,856	2,312	553	23.92%
8	Saint Joseph's College of Maine Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsStandish, ME	83.51%	2,025	1,691	203	12.00%
9	University of New England Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBiddeford, ME	91.63%	4,958	4,543	562	12.37%
10	Thomas College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsWaterville, ME	96.30%	974	938	151	16.10%

Tightest Maine Colleges With Lowest Acceptance Rate

Tightest Maine Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

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