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Unity College Data & Information Overview

26 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
91% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Unity College Ranked?

#1,251 Best Colleges in Nation
#8 Best Colleges in ME
Environmental Science Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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Unity College was awarded 26 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is environmental science.

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked Unity as #1,251 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.

Out of the 19 colleges in Maine, Unity is ranked at #8.

See all of the rankings for Unity College.

Is It Hard to Get Into Unity?

91% Acceptance Rate
71% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

Unity College has an acceptance rate of 91%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for Unity.

Learn more about Unity College admissions.

Unity College Faculty

27 to 1 Student to Faculty
28% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Unity College is 27 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Unity College is 28%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  28 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Unity College

37% Freshmen Retention
46% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 37% rate at Unity College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.

Freshmen Retention Rate  37 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Unity the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 46%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  46 out of 100
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100

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Unity College.

Unity College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,193 Full-Time Undergraduates
14.6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
65.9% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,193 full-time undergraduates at Unity.

How Much Does Unity College Cost?

$26,261 Net Price
74% Take Out Loans
$22,780 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Unity is $26,261. 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 Unity

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$21,485 $23,834 $24,829 $27,113 $30,173

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 Unity, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Unity, approximately 74% of students took out student loans averaging $5,695 a year. That adds up to $22,780 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Unity is 5.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do Unity Graduates Make?

$39,076 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Unity make about $39,076 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.

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See which majors at Unity College make the most money.

Location of Unity College

Maine State
1,193 Full-Time Undergraduates
Rural Campus Setting
Unity College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in New Gloucester, Maine. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

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Contact details for Unity are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 70 Farm View Drive, Suite 200, New Gloucester, ME 04260
Phone: 207-509-7100
Website: https://unity.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnityCollege
Twitter: http://twitter.com/unitycollege

Unity College Majors

18 Majors With Completions
149 Undergraduate Degrees
51 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 18 majors graduated from Unity College. Of these students, 149 received undergraduate degrees and 51 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 Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Natural Resource Management 42 $32,677
Wildlife Management 40 $24,558
Zoology 18 $21,178
Natural Resources Conservation 13 NA
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 12 $22,365
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 6 NA
Outdoor Education 5 NA
Agricultural Production 5 NA
Animal Science 3 NA
Legal Research 1 NA

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

Online Learning at Unity

99% Take At Least One Class Online
97% Take All Classes Online

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2020-2021, 2,417 students took at least one online class at Unity College. This is an increase from the 1,429 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 2,417 2,366
2019-2020 1,429 1,429
2018-2019 257 257
2017-2018 96 96
2016-2017 733 29

Learn more about online learning at Unity 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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