University of Southern Maine

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 400,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,513 (34%)
Days Without Precipitation 237 (32%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 3,616
Men / Women 40% / 60%
From State 76%
From Region 15%
Athletes 497 (14.7%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 75%
Black 8%
Hispanic 5%
Mixed 5%
Asian 3%
International 2%
Native American 1%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
University of Southern Maine 1,002 40% 79% 3% 7% 3% 2% $61,388 14 -0.77 58 95% 6.2%
Electrical Engineering 6 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $110,375 43 -0.32 98 94% — — — —
Industrial Engineering 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $98,656 16 -0.97 95 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 15 — 100% 87% 0% 0% 7% 7% $96,778 40 -0.30 94 95% — — — —
Computer Science 17 — 82% 59% 0% 18% 0% 12% $110,251 36 -0.43 98 97% — — — —
Cyber Forensics 14 +2 86% 64% 0% 21% 0% 0% $73,420 12 -1.07 78 — — — — —
Information Technology 15 +1 80% 47% 0% 33% 7% 7% $77,337 12 -1.02 82 100% — — — —
Chemistry 2 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $65,257 21 -0.61 66 — — — — —
Mathematics 3 — 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $66,055 20 -0.73 68 — — — — —
Physical Sciences — — — — — — — — $67,884 10 -1.13 71 — — — — —
Physics 3 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $67,985 10 -1.12 71 — — — — —
Biochemistry 4 — 25% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $64,744 19 -0.60 65 — — — — —
Biology 39 — 44% 82% 5% 8% 0% 0% $65,993 48 -0.05 67 98% — — — —
Environmental Science 9 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,767 55 +0.01 52 100% — — — —
Environmental Studies 5 — 40% 60% 20% 0% 20% 0% $58,767 55 +0.01 52 100% — — — —
Allied Health 75 +1 24% 72% 4% 11% 4% 7% $55,592 11 -0.88 44 92% — — — —
Athletic Training — — — — — — — — $55,592 21 -0.93 44 92% — — — —
Exercise Science 21 — 67% 90% 0% 0% 0% 10% $58,455 40 -0.39 51 100% — — — —
Nursing 123 — 14% 82% 5% 6% 1% 2% $76,116 2 -1.60 81 98% — — — —
Public Health 6 — 67% 50% 0% 33% 0% 0% $59,144 29 -0.56 53 — — — — —
Recreational Therapy 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $63,378 38 -0.35 63 94% — — — —
Accounting 15 — 53% 60% 7% 13% 7% 7% $70,460 14 -1.07 75 100% — — — —
Business Administration 81 +3 63% 79% 1% 5% 7% 1% $63,860 19 -0.72 64 94% — — — —
Economics 15 +3 67% 67% 7% 20% 0% 0% $70,768 10 -1.02 75 90% — — — —
Finance 28 +1 64% 71% 14% 11% 0% 0% $74,821 10 -0.84 80 100% — — — —
Logistics 1 +4 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $63,860 2 -1.64 64 94% — — — —
Management Sciences 14 — 57% 64% 7% 0% 7% 14% $65,232 23 -0.64 66 — — — — —
Marketing 38 +5 50% 89% 8% 0% 0% 3% $62,859 10 -1.15 62 97% 5.2% — — —
Organizational Leadership 17 — 35% 76% 0% 0% 0% 6% $63,860 15 -0.87 64 94% — — — —
Tourism and Travel Services Management 5 +1 20% 60% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,699 8 -0.98 28 88% — — — —
English 22 — 41% 91% 0% 0% 0% 0% $43,635 9 -1.07 14 96% — — — —
History 31 +1 65% 87% 0% 6% 0% 0% $48,686 15 -0.80 25 97% — — — —
Linguistics 11 — 36% 91% 0% 0% 9% 0% $54,345 36 -0.33 40 94% — — — —
Philosophy 1 — 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $49,188 15 -0.92 26 — — — — —
Women's Studies 3 +4 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $47,964 12 -1.01 23 — — — — —
Communication 28 +1 32% 86% 4% 0% 0% 0% $50,259 11 -1.08 29 91% — — — —
Cultural Anthropology 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,922 22 -0.63 28 — — — — —
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $54,786 18 -0.84 41 — — — — —
Geography 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $54,971 18 -0.82 42 — — — — —
Mass Communication 18 +5 44% 83% 0% 6% 0% 0% $50,259 11 -1.08 29 91% — — — —
Political Science 30 +1 53% 60% 3% 27% 3% 3% $64,369 30 -0.58 64 92% — — — —
Psychology 49 +4 12% 71% 2% 8% 2% 4% $55,156 55 +0.01 43 92% — — — —
Social Sciences 65 +1 15% 80% 2% 8% 5% 0% $47,769 9 -0.83 23 94% 6.2% — — —
Social Work 16 — 12% 81% 0% 12% 6% 0% $51,729 36 -0.18 33 98% — — — —
Sociology 9 +1 11% 78% 0% 11% 11% 0% $49,799 20 -0.64 28 — — — — —
Elementary Education 25 +1 12% 80% 0% 4% 4% 0% $51,724 50 -0.08 33 94% — — — —
General Education 12 — 33% 67% 0% 0% 17% 0% $50,903 29 -0.49 31 94% 9.7% — — —
Special Education 2 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,456 10 -1.12 24 — — — — —
Technology Teacher Education 2 — 100% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $42,589 1 -1.45 12 88% — — — —
Art Education 4 — 25% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% $42,589 32 -0.45 12 88% — — — —
Fine Arts 10 — 30% 90% 0% 10% 0% 0% $42,649 32 -0.45 12 86% — — — —
Music 4 — 25% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $42,177 30 -0.49 11 — — — — —
Music Education 8 — 38% 88% 0% 0% 0% 0% $42,589 32 -0.45 12 88% — — — —
Music Performance 15 — 40% 87% 0% 0% 13% 0% $41,529 28 -0.56 10 — — — — —
Painting 3 — 33% 67% 33% 0% 0% 0% $42,649 32 -0.45 12 86% — — — —
Photography 3 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $40,530 6 -1.02 9 — — — — —
Studio Art 10 — 0% 80% 10% 0% 0% 0% $42,649 32 -0.45 12 86% — — — —
Theater 12 — 33% 92% 0% 0% 0% 0% $32,195 4 -1.46 3 100% — — — —
Criminology 25 +3 48% 80% 4% 12% 0% 0% $58,487 46 -0.19 51 98% — — — —
Industrial Technology 8 — 100% 88% 0% 12% 0% 0% $87,395 37 -0.11 90 100% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $11,855
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $29,728
Est. In-State Cost $15,336
Est. Out-of-State Cost $38,456
ROI Percentile 58th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 74%
4-Year Graduation Rate 26%
6-Year Graduation Rate 40%
Transfer-Out Rate 27%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Health Sciences 22.6% 226 23% 78% 4% 8% 2% 4% $67,157 13 -1.22 70 96% —
Social Sciences 21.8% 218 25% 77% 2% 10% 3% 1% $52,689 21 -0.60 36 93% 6.2%
Business & Economics 21.4% 214 57% 76% 5% 6% 4% 3% $65,822 14 -0.87 67 95% 5.2%
Arts 6.9% 69 29% 87% 3% 1% 4% 0% $40,458 8 -0.68 9 90% —
Humanities 6.8% 68 51% 88% 0% 3% 3% 0% $47,943 12 -0.82 23 96% —
Computer Science 4.6% 46 83% 57% 0% 24% 2% 7% $88,309 14 -0.82 90 99% —
Life & Natural Sciences 4.3% 43 42% 84% 5% 7% 0% 0% $65,877 40 -0.10 67 98% —
Education 4.1% 41 24% 76% 0% 2% 7% 0% $50,879 29 -0.32 31 94% 9.7%
Professional 3.3% 33 61% 82% 3% 12% 0% 0% $65,495 46 -0.17 67 98% —
Engineering 2.2% 22 100% 91% 0% 0% 5% 5% $100,572 44 -0.34 96 95% —
Agriculture & Food Science 1.4% 14 36% 86% 7% 0% 7% 0% $58,767 44 +0.01 52 100% —
Physical Sciences & Math 0.8% 8 75% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $66,579 16 -0.85 68 — —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Health Sciences $2.0M #202 98% $0 7 #161 — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.9M #326 46% $0 14 #211 — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.9M #372 22% $0 — — — —
Engineering $0.6M #305 20% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.5M #265 3% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0.4M #189 41% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.1M #505 0% $0 — — — —
Education $0.0M #447 0% $0 — — — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 4 #199 — —
Total $5.4M #380 53% $0 25 #354 — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D3

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 92 $197K $189K $7K
Lacrosse 45 $99K $103K -$4K
Baseball 41 $354K $246K $108K
Wrestling 41 $176K $158K $18K
Soccer 35 $141K $145K -$4K
Ice Hockey 34 $217K $220K -$2K
Basketball 22 $192K $167K $25K
Tennis 14 $19K $19K -$325
Golf 13 $21K $28K -$6K
Total 278 $1.4M $1.3M $140K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 81 $180K $182K -$1K
Soccer 37 $196K $152K $44K
Lacrosse 29 $77K $122K -$45K
Field Hockey 27 $238K $212K $25K
Softball 24 $283K $205K $78K
Ice Hockey 22 $184K $186K -$1K
Basketball 21 $244K $209K $35K
Volleyball 18 $131K $131K -$372
Tennis 7 $19K $19K $853
Golf 6 $7K $17K -$10K
Total 219 $1.6M $1.4M $126K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 173 $378K $372K $6K
Lacrosse 74 $176K $226K -$49K
Soccer 72 $337K $298K $39K
Ice Hockey 56 $402K $406K -$3K
Basketball 43 $437K $377K $60K
Baseball 41 $354K $246K $108K
Wrestling 41 $176K $158K $18K
Field Hockey 27 $238K $212K $25K
Softball 24 $283K $205K $78K
Tennis 21 $39K $38K $528
Golf 19 $28K $46K -$17K
Volleyball 18 $131K $131K -$372
Total 497 $4.8M $4.8M $27K

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 85%
Yield (non-ED) 15%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 85% 85% 85%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 12%
SAT Range 990 – 1250
SAT Math Range 490 – 600
SAT RW Range 500 – 650