University of
Maine at Augusta
Public College in Augusta, ME. Six-year graduation rate 31%. Median 10-year earnings $40,342.
Ten-year median earnings of $40,342 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Only 31% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates carry a median of $22,734 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
- ! Graduation rate 31% — below national average
Academics
Completion is the problem here: 31% graduate within six years. First-year retention is 60% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Transfer-out runs to 22% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The part-time picture is harder: 44% return, against 60% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,759 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $11,077 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $9,421 at $0–30k, $15,371 at $110k+. About 69% get grants averaging $6,256, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 40% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 181 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 | $9,421 |
| $30–48k | $9,175 |
| $48–75k | $11,228 |
| $75–110k | $14,037 |
| $110k+ | $15,371 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,104 of these 2,759 students, totalling $7,676,884 — an average of $6,954 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Kennebec 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)