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. University of Maine is a historically black school. University of Maine is a tribal college. It is classified as a Research University (very high research activity) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship.

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 at University of Maine is $10,104 for Maine residents and $29,580 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	$29,580 $10,104 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 University of Maine is $10,104 for Maine residents and $29,580 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.

University of Maine offers the alternative tuition plans.

University of 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 $10,104 for Maine residents and $29,580 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 0.31% 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

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 $19,532 and the Maine graduate tuition is $15,412 (public) / $26,863 (private).

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

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
University of Maine	$10,104	$29,580
All Graduate Schools	$16,006	$19,532
Public	$11,452	$20,604
Private	$19,609
Maine Graduate Schools	$16,531	$20,801
Public	$10,139	$15,412
Private	$26,863

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $14,320 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at University of Maine. On-campus living costs are increased by 2.42% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $14,320. Off-campus living costs are increased by 2.42% 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

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $541 for Maine residents and $1,623 for other students at University of Maine. The graduate tuition per credit hour are stayed same 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

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	✕	0	-
Animal Sciences	✕	1	-
Food Science	✔	15	-
Plant Sciences	✕	1	-
Horticultural Science	✕	0	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	8	-
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management	✕	0	-
Forestry	✕	5	-
Forest Sciences and Biology	✕	10	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	✕	3	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Communication	✕	0	-
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	✕	0	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✔	4	-
Music Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	3	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	20	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✕	5	-
Social Studies Teacher Education	✕	0	-
French Language Teacher Education	✕	0	-
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 [+]	✕	0 completers	-
French Language and Literature	✕	0	-
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 [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	18 completers	-
Biochemistry	✕	2	-
Botany/Plant Biology	✕	4	-
Microbiology	✕	2	-
Zoology/Animal Biology	✕	0	-
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	✕	0	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	6	-
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	✕	0	-
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	✕	0	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	13	-
Economics (other)	✕	0	-
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	✔	0	-
Accounting	✕	0	-
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	✕	0	-
Food Science	✕	3	-
Plant Sciences	✕	0	-
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	12	-
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources Management	✕	0	-
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	✕	0	-
Education [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Education	✕	8	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	10	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	0	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	0	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	✕	2	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	2	-
Civil Engineering	✕	3	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	0	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	4	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	0 completers	-
General Studies	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	0	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	3	-
Molecular Biology	✕	2	-
Microbiology	✕	1	-
Zoology/Animal Biology	✕	0	-
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 [+]	✔ (2 completers)	2 completers	-
Food Science	✔	0	-
Food Technology and Processing	✔	2	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	3 completers	-
Disability Studies	✔	3	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	16 completers	-
Information Technology	✔	7	-
Information Science/Studies	✔	9	-
Education [+]	✔ (12 completers)	59 completers	-
Education	✔	0	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✔	8	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	7	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✔	11	-
Educational Evaluation and Research	✕	0	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	5	-
Special Education and Teaching (other)	✔	16	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✔	3	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✔	1	-
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	✔	0	-
Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Computer Teacher Education	✔	2	-
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist	✔	3	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	0	-
Education (other)	✔	3	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (1 completers)	7 completers	-
Materials Engineering	✕	0	-
Construction Engineering	✕	1	-
Surveying Engineering	✔	5	-
Engineering (other)	✕	1	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	1 completers	-
Human Nutrition	✔	1	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	1	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (2 completers)	5 completers	-
Gerontology	✔	3	-
Computational Science	✔	2	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	1	-
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	8 completers	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✔	8	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Intermedia/Multimedia	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Health and Medical Administrative Services (other)	✕	0	-
Nursing Education	✔	0	-
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	✕	0	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Social Studies Teacher Education	✕	0	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	0	-
	Total	12

Graduate Student Population at Maine

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 2,542 students enrolled into University of Maine graduate schools where it has total 12,231 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 881 full-time and 1,661 part-time graduate students. By gender, 973 male and 1,569 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	2,542	973	1,569
Full-time	881	377	504
Part-tme	1,661	596	1,065

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

There are 1,744 White (68.61%), 53 Black/African American (2.08%), 59 Hispanic (2.32%), 55 Asian (2.16%), and 631 students with other races. 243 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,542	973	1,569
American Indian/Native American	36	15	21
Asian	55	17	38
Black/African American	53	31	22
Hispanic	59	26	33
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	1	1
White	1,744	645	1,099
Two More	33	13	20
Un-Known	317	93	224
Non-resident Alien	243	132	111

University of Maine offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,259 graduate students (49.53% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 356 graduate students (14.00% 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	2,542
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,259
Enrolled Some Online Courses	356
Not in Online Courses	927

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of Maine. 562 students are aged 20 to 24 (22.11% of total students), 246 students are aged above 50 (9.68%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of Maine.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,542	973	1,569
Age 20-21	17	4	13
Age 22-24	545	217	328
Age 25-29	657	258	399
Age 30-34	402	179	223
Age 35-39	260	99	161
Age 40-49	415	139	276
Age 50-64	228	70	158
Over 64	18	7	11

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