Maine Maritime Academy

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Maine Maritime Academy

Maine Maritime Academy operates as a public institution located in Castine, Maine (rural: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 942 students of which 1,001 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 Maritime Academy is categorized as “22” 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 54.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,166. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $23,414, with published in-state tuition of $15,158 and a Pell grant recipient share of 24.6%. 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 59.9%, and the first-year retention rate is 81.7%. Graduates earn a median of $89,964 ten years after enrolling, compared with $93,944 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 43600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 83.2% 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.