University of Maine at Farmington

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for University of Maine at Farmington

University of Maine at Farmington operates as a public institution located in Farmington, Maine (rural: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 1,140 students of which 1,841 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. University of Maine at Farmington 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 96.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,130. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $16,857, with published in-state tuition of $11,308 and a Pell grant recipient share of 30.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $24,499, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 52.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 72.8%. Graduates earn a median of $44,433 ten years after enrolling, compared with $31,513 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 116300.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 54.2% 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.