University of
New England
Private Research University in Biddeford, ME. Six-year graduation rate 70%. Median 10-year earnings $55,921.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $55,921 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 70% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates carry a median of $25,250 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
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 92% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool runs to 4,958, typical for a school of this reach. Only 12% 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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70% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 79% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in five are gone before sophomore year. Transfer-out runs to 26% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,189 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $40,003 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. The income table below is the number that matters — $31,371 at $0–30k versus $41,991 at $110k+. Most students get help: 99% receive grants worth $22,524 on average. Most students borrow — 72% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 588 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 | $31,371 |
| $30–48k | $32,046 |
| $48–75k | $32,348 |
| $75–110k | $36,237 |
| $110k+ | $41,991 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,581 of these 2,189 students, totalling $10,321,140 — an average of $6,528 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (York 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)