University of
Maine at Presque Isle
Public College in Presque Isle, ME. Six-year graduation rate 52%. Median 10-year earnings $40,956.
Ten-year median earnings of $40,956 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Six-year completion sits at 52%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $16,000, 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 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
With an acceptance rate of 100%, University of Maine at Presque Isle takes nearly everyone who applies. The applicant pool is small at 757, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. Yield is low at 19%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.
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 middling: 52% finish inside six years. 58% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. Retention drops to 38% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. A 30:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,358 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $8,526 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($5,934 versus $9,758), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 56% of students at an average of $7,182. 36% 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 · 110 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 | $5,934 |
| $30–48k | $4,492 |
| $48–75k | $6,564 |
| $75–110k | $10,229 |
| $110k+ | $9,758 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 495 of these 1,358 students, totalling $2,435,291 — an average of $4,920 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Aroostook 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)