Graduate Programs at University of Maine

Graduate School Overview

University of Maine (referred to as Maine) is a Public, 4 years school located in Orono, ME.

The school is accredited by New England Commission of Higher Education (12/1/1929 - Current).

Maine Directory Information
School Name	University of Maine (Maine)
Address	168 College Avenue, Orono, ME 4469
Phone	207-581-1865
Web	https://www.umaine.edu
Online Application	https://go.umaine.edu/apply
Financial Info	https://www.umaine.edu/stuaid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of Maine is $10,446 for Maine residents and $30,948 for out-of-state students. The school has 2,457 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 12,231 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 260 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research). Among them, 57 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$30,948 $10,446 for Maine Residents
Student Population	2,457
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	260 graduate programs (57 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	14 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Maine is $10,446 for Maine residents and $30,948 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $541 for Maine residents and $1,623 for out-of-state students.

Maine offers the alternative tuition plans.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Maine Residents	$10,446
Out-of-State	$30,948
Tuition per Credit Hour
Maine Residents	$541
Out-of-State	$1,623

Maine offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	57 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Navy) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of University of Maine is $10,446 for Maine residents and $30,948 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 4.62% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Maine Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$7,902	$1,204	$25,740	$1,204
2019-2020	$8,100	$1,247	$26,388	$1,247
2020-2021	$8,298	$1,298	$27,054	$1,298
2021-2022	$9,738	$276	$29,214	$276
2022-2023	$9,738	$366	$29,214	$366
2023-2024	$10,026	$420	$30,528	$420

The graduate school tuition & fees of Maine is very expensive compared to public graduate schools in Maine. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Maine graduate tuition is $15,118 (public) / $27,703 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
University of Maine	$10,446	$30,948
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Maine Graduate Schools	$16,602	$21,040
Public	$10,273	$15,118
Private	$27,703

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $14,966 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Maine.

On-campus living costs are increased by 4.51% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $14,966. Off-campus living costs are increased by 4.51% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$10,718	$2,200	$10,718	$2,200
2019-2020	$10,966	$2,200	$10,966	$2,200
2020-2021	$11,286	$2,200	$11,286	$2,200
2021-2022	$11,712	$2,270	$11,712	$2,270
2022-2023	$12,050	$2,270	$12,050	$2,270
2023-2024	$12,696	$2,270	$12,696	$2,270

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $559 for Maine residents and $1,698 for other students at University of Maine. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 4.62% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Maine Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$439	$1,430
2019-2020	$450	$1,466
2020-2021	$491	$1,503
2021-2022	$541	$1,623
2022-2023	$541	$1,623
2023-2024	$559	$1,698

Graduate Programs at Maine

University of Maine offers 158 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 769 students have completed their study at University of Maine.

Offered Degrees at University of Maine
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	73	16	553
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	37	0	84
Post Bachelor's Degree	35	24	120
Post Master's Degree	13	4	12
Total	158	44	769

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at University of Maine by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Management Science program with 17 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Management Science program with 132 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Environmental Science program with 12 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of Maine
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Management Science	✔	17	-
Special Education and Teaching (other)	✔	16	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	11	-
Information Science/Studies	✔	9	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	8	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of Maine
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Management Science	✔	132	-
Social Work	✔	54	$42,800
Special Education and Teaching	✔	27	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	20	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	19	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of Maine
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Environmental Science	✕	12	-
Chemistry	✕	10	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	10	-
Education	✕	8	-
Forest Sciences and Biology	✕	4	-

University of Maine offers 158 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 769 students have completed their graduate studies.

553 students have earned/completed Master's program.
120 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
12 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✔ (1 completers)	17 completers	-
Aquaculture	✕	-	-
Animal Sciences	✕	1	-
Food Science	✔	15	-
Plant Sciences	✕	1	-
Horticultural Science	✕	-	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	8	-
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management	✕	-	-
Forestry	✕	5	-
Forest Sciences and Biology	✕	10	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	3	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	-	-
Communication	✕	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	17 completers	-
Information Technology	✔	14	-
Informatics	✔	2	-
Computer Science	✕	1	-
Education [+]	✔ (6 completers)	108 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	18	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	1	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	8	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	19	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	27	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	-	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✔	4	-
Music Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	3	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	20	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✕	5	-
Social Studies Teacher Education	✕	-	-
French Language Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Spanish Language Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	2	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (1 completers)	35 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	3	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	1	-
Civil Engineering	✕	8	-
Structural Engineering	✔	5	-
Computer Engineering	✕	3	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	3	-
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics	✕	1	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	11	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	-	-
French Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (other)	✕	5	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	13 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	13	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	-	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	18 completers	-
Biochemistry	✕	2	-
Botany/Plant Biology	✕	4	-
Microbiology	✕	2	-
Zoology/Animal Biology	✕	-	-
Entomology	✕	1	-
Wildlife Biology	✕	1	-
Bioinformatics	✔	8	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Mathematics and Statistics	✕	2	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	47 completers	-
International/Global Studies	✕	18	-
Maritime Studies	✕	2	-
Marine Sciences	✕	11	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✔	16	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	-	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	6	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	-	-
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (other)	✕	1	-
Physics	✕	1	-
Psychology [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Psychology	✕	7	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	54 completers	-
Social Work	✔	54	$42,800
Social Sciences [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Anthropology (other)	✕	3	-
Economics	✕	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	13	-
Economics (other)	✕	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Intermedia/Multimedia	✕	2	-
Music Performance	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	38 completers	-
Communication Sciences and Disorders	✕	19	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✔	19	-
Business [+]	✔ (2 completers)	132 completers	-
Research and Development Management	✔	-	-
Accounting	✕	-	-
Management Science	✔	132	-
History [+]	✕	6 completers	-
History	✕	6	-
	Total	553

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Aquaculture	✕	-	-
Food Science	✕	3	-
Plant Sciences	✕	-	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	12	-
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management	✕	-	-
Forest Sciences and Biology	✕	4	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	4	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Communication	✕	1	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Informatics	✕	1	-
Computer Science	✕	-	-
Education [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Education	✕	8	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	10	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	-	-
Engineering [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	2	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	2	-
Civil Engineering	✕	3	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	-	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	4	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	-	-
General Studies	✕	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	-	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	3	-
Molecular Biology	✕	2	-
Microbiology	✕	1	-
Zoology/Animal Biology	✕	-	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis	✕	1	-
Marine Sciences	✕	1	-
Anthrozoology	✕	1	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	10	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	2	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	1	-
Physics	✕	3	-
Psychology [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Psychology (other)	✕	2	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Anthropology (other)	✕	1	-
History [+]	✕	2 completers	-
History	✕	2	-
	Total	84

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✔ (1 completers)	-	-
Food Science	✔	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	7 completers	-
Information Technology	✔	7	-
Education [+]	✔ (6 completers)	34 completers	-
Education	✔	-	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	8	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	7	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	11	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	5	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✔	3	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	1	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	-	-
Intermedia/Multimedia	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✔	17 completers	-
Management Science	✔	17	-
	Total	120

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔ (4 completers)	12 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	1	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	1	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	1	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	3	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	2	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	-	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Social Studies Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	-	-
	Total	12

Graduate Student Population at Maine

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 2,457 students enrolled into University of Maine graduate schools where it has total 12,231 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 745 full-time and 1,712 part-time graduate students. By gender, 924 male and 1,533 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,457	924	1,533
Full-time	745	295	450
Part-tme	1,712	629	1,083

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 1,654 White (67.32%), 45 Black/African American (1.83%), 75 Hispanic (3.05%), 42 Asian (1.71%), and 641 students with other races. 304 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,457	924	1,533
American Indian/Native American	30	13	17
Asian	42	15	27
Black/African American	45	26	19
Hispanic	75	33	42
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	1,654	571	1,083
Two More	38	15	23
Un-Known	268	82	186
Non-resident Alien	304	169	135

University of Maine offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,243 graduate students (50.59% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 310 graduate students (12.62% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	2,457
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,243
Enrolled Some Online Courses	310
Not in Online Courses	904

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of Maine. 505 students are aged 20 to 24 (20.55% of total students), 236 students are aged above 50 (9.61%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of Maine.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,457	924	1,533
Age 20-21	22	6	16
Age 22-24	483	191	292
Age 25-29	653	271	382
Age 30-34	389	171	218
Age 35-39	293	103	190
Age 40-49	381	121	260
Age 50-64	217	54	163
Over 64	19	7	12

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