Unity Environmental University
Private College in New Gloucester, ME. Six-year graduation rate 29%. Median 10-year earnings $37,852.
Ten-year median earnings of $37,852 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Completion is the weak point: 29% graduate within six years. Graduates carry a median of $25,000 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.66 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 29% — below national average
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 82% puts Unity Environmental University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 8,865 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Only 10% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is the problem here: 29% graduate within six years. 36% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. The 40% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. A 36:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,619 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $18,454 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($18,370 versus $21,931), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 67% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,216 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 86% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 720 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $18,370 |
| $30–48k | $19,288 |
| $48–75k | $20,079 |
| $75–110k | $21,408 |
| $110k+ | $21,931 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 4,852 of these 5,619 students, totalling $24,557,673 — an average of $5,061 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cumberland County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)