Maine College of Art & Design

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Maine College of Art & Design

Maine College of Art & Design operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Portland, Maine (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 415 students of which 435 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Maine College of Art & Design is categorized as “30” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 76.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $38,338, with published in-state tuition of $42,942 and a Pell grant recipient share of 28.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 50.0%, and the first-year retention rate is 71.7%. Graduates earn a median of $40,778 ten years after enrolling, compared with $24,333 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 21600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 35.1% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.