University of
Maine at Farmington
Public College in Farmington, ME. Six-year graduation rate 52%. Median 10-year earnings $44,433.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $44,433 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 52% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $24,499, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.2% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 97% of applicants are accepted. Only 1,496 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. A 19% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. 9% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 485–605 | 25 (9%) |
| SAT Math | 510–640 | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 52% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 73% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 25% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,131 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $17,451 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $13,301 while those at $110k+ pay $22,368. 90% of students get grant aid averaging $10,053, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 55% 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 · 224 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 | $13,301 |
| $30–48k | $13,590 |
| $48–75k | $15,088 |
| $75–110k | $19,179 |
| $110k+ | $22,368 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 626 of these 1,131 students, totalling $3,847,088 — an average of $6,146 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Franklin 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)