University of Maine: Rankings, Courses, Admissions, Tuition Fee, Cost of Attendance & Scholarships

Highlights

Campus:

• Various on-campus resources are available at the student’s disposal. These include the New Balance Student Recreation Centre, Cutler Health Centre including Counselling Services, a Student Wellness Centre which helps students overcome addictions, stress, etc, IT Support Centre and much more.
• The University of Maine has numerous student organizations catering to 10+ interests such as academics, religion, student-governance, etc. Students may also apply online to create their own student clubs.
• Outside the classroom, students can attend rallies, comedy nights, music concerts, Greek weekend parties, etc to socialize after class hours.
• 82% of the undergraduate students attending UMAINE are White, while the other 18% are Asians, African-Americans, Hispanics and students from other ethnicities.
• The city of Orono is a densely populated suburban, college town. It has been voted as the #20 Best Place to Live In, in the state of Maine, by niche.com.

Programs:

• The University of Maine offers almost 100 majors, minors, study programs, and interdisciplinary studies. Engineering, Business, Natural Sciences, Liberal Arts, etc are some of the Colleges in UMaine.
• The most popular majors include business management, engineering, and education.
• The University of Maine offers a special 1+3 engineering pathway program where students study their first year at Machias and can then transfer to either the University of Maine or the University of Southern Maine.
• UMaine offers a general MBA, specialized MBA programs, fully online MBAs, etc. MS degrees are offered in engineering, education administration, natural sciences, etc.

Application Process

International students who want to seek International students seeking admissions at the University can follow the below-mentioned admission details:

• Application Portal: Undergraduate Level: UMaine Online Application (https://apply.maine.edu/ )/ Common Application (https://www.commonapp.org/ )

Graduate Level: https://umainegradschool.force.com/onlineApp/

• Application Fee: Undergraduate: 40 USD; Graduate: 65 USD
• Application Deadline: Undergraduate: Feb 1; Graduate: Jan 15 (Fall Session)
• Student Class Profile:
• Total Enrolment: 11,404; Undergraduate Enrolment: 9,365; Graduate Enrolment: 2,039
• Percentage of Part-Time Students: 13%; Percentage of Full Time Students: 87%
• Percentage of Male Students: 53%; Percentage of Female Students: 47%
• Average SAT Scores: 1154 (Math: 570; Reading+ Writing: 584)
• Average GPA of entering students (undergraduate level): 3.29
• Documents Required: (h4)
  • Online Admission Application 
  • Official Transcripts
  • English Proficiency Scores (TOEFL-iBT: 79; IELTS: 6.5, PTE Academic: 53)
  • Student Declaration of Finances
  •  SAT/ ACT scores (optional)
• Overall Graduation Rate: 60% 

Alumni:

• The UMaine Alumni Association has over 100,000 members and offers information regarding programs and events that serve the members’ personal and career interests. The association also advocates policies and assets to strengthen the quality and reputation of the university.
• Some of the distinguished alumni are Stephen King (author), Olympia Snowe (former US Senator), Gary Thorne (Announcer)

Placement:

• Career Services offered by the university include: Engineering Job Fair, UMaine Career Fair, Focus-Career Assessment Services, online walk-in interviews via g-chat, etc
• The University of Maine has an employment rate of 94%, 2 years after graduation.
• Their average salary is 42,500 USD/ year, 6 years after graduating.