Top colleges in Maine by 10-year ROI
Executive Summary
Bachelor’s-predominant institutions located in Maine with at least 200 students, sorted by the same 10-year ROI estimate used nationally. Maine Maritime Academy leads this list at $327,736 (10 Yr. ROI).
Leaders: top 3
Maine Maritime Academy
10 Yr. ROI
$327,736
Bowdoin College
10 Yr. ROI
$303,690
Colby College
10 Yr. ROI
$260,943
Top 17 Top colleges in Maine by 10-year ROI
| Rank | Institution | State | Control | Enrollment | 10 Yr. ROI | Also see |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maine Maritime Academy | ME | Public | 942 | $327,736 | Grad 58.2% · Net $23,414 |
| 2 | Bowdoin College | ME | Private nonprofit | 1,873 | $303,690 | Grad 95.3% · Net $14,398 |
| 3 | Colby College | ME | Private nonprofit | 2,407 | $260,943 | Grad 88.8% · Net $17,180 |
| 4 | University of Maine at Fort Kent | ME | Public | 599 | $242,829 | Grad 39.4% · Net $7,482 |
| 5 | Bates College | ME | Private nonprofit | 1,760 | $186,053 | Grad 89.7% · Net $29,351 |
| 6 | University of Southern Maine | ME | Public | 4,222 | $172,526 | Grad 40.4% · Net $13,596 |
| 7 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | ME | Private nonprofit | 964 | $155,208 | Grad 65.7% · Net $27,555 |
| 8 | University of Maine at Presque Isle | ME | Public | 1,913 | $151,632 | Grad 51.5% · Net $7,035 |
| 9 | University of Maine | ME | Public | 8,496 | $145,672 | Grad 54.9% · Net $17,510 |
| 10 | University of Maine at Augusta | ME | Public | 2,659 | $138,294 | Grad 27.0% · Net $10,924 |
| 11 | Husson University | ME | Private nonprofit | 2,618 | $113,778 | Grad 59.4% · Net $21,005 |
| 12 | Thomas College | ME | Private nonprofit | 647 | $108,788 | Grad 53.7% · Net $18,885 |
| 13 | University of Maine at Farmington | ME | Public | 1,140 | $104,480 | Grad 51.5% · Net $16,857 |
| 14 | University of New England | ME | Private nonprofit | 2,135 | $84,900 | Grad 68.3% · Net $38,107 |
| 15 | Unity Environmental University | ME | Private nonprofit | 6,483 | $82,723 | Grad 28.7% · Net $19,104 |
| 16 | College of the Atlantic | ME | Private nonprofit | 353 | $66,979 | Grad 68.3% · Net $25,184 |
| 17 | Maine College of Art & Design | ME | Private nonprofit | 415 | −$29,946 | Grad 51.5% · Net $38,338 |
Method notes
- Underlying institution file: EDsmart Data processed College Scorecard extract merged to the IPEDS 2024 directory for HBCU and Carnegie fields.
- Cohort applied on this page: enrollment floor of 200 undergraduates; sorted highest first on 10 Yr. ROI; all 17 qualifying campuses are shown.
- Ties on the ranked metric are broken by enrollment, then institution name, so ranks stay stable between rebuilds.
- ROI column matches the processed college_roi_rankings series in this site build; see College Scorecard ROI methodology.
- How the 10-year ROI figure is built: median earnings reported 6, 8, and 10 years after entry (years 7 and 9 linearly interpolated) are summed across years 6–10, then average annual net price × typical years enrolled (five for bachelor’s-predominant campuses) is subtracted. It is a nominal-dollar gap—not discounted to present value, and it does not subtract earnings foregone while enrolled or compare against a no-college baseline. Campuses reporting only one of the three earnings years are excluded from these tables.
- School profile links use generated slugs; not every campus has a published profile page yet—use the Scorecard site as fallback.