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Maine College of Art was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
When it comes to admittance, Maine College of Art is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 72%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
At Maine College of Art, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 9 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Maine College of Art is 26%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Maine College of Art is 64%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Maine College of Art the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 50%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Maine College of Art.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 380 undergraduates at Maine College of Art with 368 being full-time and 12 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $27,841 | $30,172 | $35,027 | $35,181 | $36,206 |
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 Maine College of Art, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Maine College of Art, approximately 84% of students took out student loans averaging $10,949 a year. That adds up to $43,796 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Maine College of Art is 6.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
See which majors at Maine College of Art make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Maine College of Art.
Contact details for Maine College of Art are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 522 Congress St., Portland, ME 04101-3494 |
| Phone: | 207-669-5521 |
| Website: | www.meca.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/MaineCollegeofArt |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/mecaart |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Design & Applied Arts | 23 | $27,601 |
| Graphic Communications | 19 | NA |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 19 | $18,640 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 2 | NA |
| Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry | 1 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 0 | NA |
This is a decrease from the 10 students who took online classes the previous year.
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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