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Eastern Maine Community College landed the #2,061 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Eastern Maine Community College held the #2,112 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Eastern Maine Community College is also ranked #18 out of 19 schools in Maine.
See all of the rankings for Eastern Maine Community College.
If you are worried about getting into Eastern Maine Community College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, Eastern Maine Community College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Eastern Maine Community College is 50%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Eastern Maine Community College this rate is 56%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,042 undergraduates at Eastern Maine Community College with 764 being full-time and 1,278 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,406 | $7,433 | $8,182 | $12,091 | $14,980 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Eastern Maine Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Eastern Maine Community College, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $2,405 a year. That adds up to $9,620 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Eastern Maine Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 354 Hogan Rd, Bangor, ME 04401 |
| Phone: | 207-974-4600 |
| Website: | https://www.emcc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 38 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 32 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 30 | NA |
| Building Management & Inspection | 21 | NA |
| Precision Metal Working | 21 | NA |
| Information Technology | 18 | NA |
| Electrical & Power Transmission Installers | 17 | NA |
| Culinary Arts | 13 | NA |
| Human Services | 13 | NA |
| Computer Software & Applications | 12 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 1,134 students took at least one online class at Eastern Maine Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,360 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,134 | 479 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,360 | 613 |
| 2020-2021 | 694 | 157 |
| 2018-2019 | 673 | 164 |
Learn more about online learning at Eastern Maine Community College.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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