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Northern Maine Community College Data & Information Overview

2 awards Ranking Badges
This overview covers the essential stats on Northern Maine Community College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more. All you need to do to learn more about a stat is click on its tile, and you’ll be taken to another page that analyzes that data more closely. Also, you can use the links below to scroll to any section of this page.

How Well Is Northern Maine Community College Ranked?

Nursing Highest Ranked Major

2025 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Northern Maine Community College was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.

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Overall Quality

Northern Maine Community College was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Northern Maine Community College?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

Since Northern Maine Community College has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.

Learn more about Northern Maine Community College admissions.

Northern Maine Community College Faculty

11 to 1 Student to Faculty
82% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Northern Maine Community College is an impressive 11 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 Northern Maine Community College is 82%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  82 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Northern Maine Community College

69% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

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 Northern Maine Community College is 69%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  69 out of 100
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100

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Northern Maine Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

347 Full-Time Undergraduates
11.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
48.4% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 775 undergraduates at Northern Maine Community College with 347 being full-time and 428 being part-time.

How Much Does Northern Maine Community College Cost?

$8,783 Net Price
12% Take Out Loans
$18,508 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Northern Maine Community College is $8,783. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Northern Maine Community College

$0-30 K$30K-48K$48-75$75-110K$110K +
$6,973$8,300$9,509$14,908$11,641

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 Northern Maine Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

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 Northern Maine Community College, approximately 12% of students took out student loans averaging $4,627 a year. That adds up to $18,508 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Northern Maine Community College Graduates Make?

$43,348 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Northern Maine Community College with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $43,348 in their early years. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.

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Location of Northern Maine Community College

Maine State
347 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Located in Presque Isle, Maine, Northern Maine Community College is a public institution. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Presque Isle draws many to the area.

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Contact details for Northern Maine Community College are given below.

Contact Details
Address:33 Edgemont Dr, Presque Isle, ME 04769-2016
Phone:207-768-2700
Website:www.nmcc.edu/

Northern Maine Community College Majors

22 Majors With Completions
216 Undergraduate Degrees
217 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 22 majors graduated from Northern Maine Community College. Of these students, 216 received undergraduate degrees and 217 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
Nursing22NA
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers12NA
Liberal Arts General Studies12NA
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair10NA
Information Technology8NA
Business Administration & Management7NA
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services7NA
Precision Metal Working7NA
Teacher Education Grade Specific5NA
Accounting4NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Northern Maine Community College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Northern Maine Community College

66% Take At Least One Class Online
31% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2022-2023, 513 students took at least one online class at Northern Maine Community College. This is an increase from the 366 students who took online classes the previous year.

YearTook at Least One Online ClassTook All Classes Online
2022-2023513241
2021-2022366122
2020-2021527301
2018-201926414

Learn more about online learning at Northern Maine Community College.

Notes and References

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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