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Maine College of Art & Design

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 400,000
United States map with state borders, rivers, lakes, and Alaska and Hawaii insets
Portland, ME

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,513 (34%)
Days Without Precipitation 237 (32%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 415
Men / Women 22% / 78%
From State 17%
From Region 42%

Racial/Ethnic

White 77%
Mixed 8%
Hispanic 7%
Asian 2%
Black 1%
Native American 0%
International 0%

Men in the Entering Class

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Men: 30.4% 30.4% 2012 Men: 26.8% 26.8% 2013 Men: 24.3% 24.3% 2014 Men: 20.8% 20.8% 2015 Men: 31.8% 31.8% 2016 Men: 18.3% 18.3% 2017 Men: 30.3% 30.3% 2018 Men: 19.6% 19.6% 2019 Men: 27.1% 27.1% 2020 Men: 27.1% 27.1% 2021 Men: 26.0% 26.0% 2022 Men: 29.9% 29.9% 2023 Men: 18.0% 18.0% 2024 Men: 23.3% 23.3% 2025 Men: 18.2% 18.2%

Men as a share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2016 Native: 2.5% 2.5% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 5.2% 5.2% 2019 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2020 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2024 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2025 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2013 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2014 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2015 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2016 Asian: 4.2% 4.2% 2017 Asian: 5.0% 5.0% 2018 Asian: 3.1% 3.1% 2019 Asian: 5.9% 5.9% 2020 Asian: 5.9% 5.9% 2021 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2022 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2023 Asian: 7.0% 7.0% 2024 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2025 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2011 Black: 2.9% 2.9% 2012 Black: 1.2% 1.2% 2013 Black: 1.9% 1.9% 2014 Black: 2.5% 2.5% 2015 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2016 Black: 3.3% 3.3% 2017 Black: 5.9% 5.9% 2018 Black: 5.2% 5.2% 2019 Black: 5.1% 5.1% 2020 Black: 5.1% 5.1% 2021 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 Black: 2.8% 2.8% 2023 Black: 3.0% 3.0% 2024 Black: 2.3% 2.3% 2025 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Hispanic: 5.9% 5.9% 2012 Hispanic: 4.9% 4.9% 2013 Hispanic: 9.7% 9.7% 2014 Hispanic: 4.2% 4.2% 2015 Hispanic: 5.5% 5.5% 2016 Hispanic: 6.7% 6.7% 2017 Hispanic: 5.9% 5.9% 2018 Hispanic: 9.3% 9.3% 2019 Hispanic: 7.6% 7.6% 2020 Hispanic: 7.6% 7.6% 2021 Hispanic: 2.4% 2.4% 2022 Hispanic: 1.9% 1.9% 2023 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2024 Hispanic: 10.1% 10.1% 2025 Hispanic: 8.3% 8.3% 2011 White: 79.4% 79.4% 2012 White: 85.4% 85.4% 2013 White: 79.6% 79.6% 2014 White: 81.7% 81.7% 2015 White: 80.0% 80.0% 2016 White: 71.7% 71.7% 2017 White: 76.5% 76.5% 2018 White: 64.9% 64.9% 2019 White: 72.0% 72.0% 2020 White: 72.0% 72.0% 2021 White: 70.9% 70.9% 2022 White: 68.2% 68.2% 2023 White: 80.0% 80.0% 2024 White: 76.0% 76.0% 2025 White: 78.5% 78.5% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 1.7% 1.7% 2015 International: 2.7% 2.7% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates

0 125 250 375 500 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Total: 343 343 2012 Total: 353 353 2013 Total: 361 361 2014 Total: 407 407 2015 Total: 411 411 2016 Total: 428 428 2017 Total: 430 430 2018 Total: 377 377 2019 Total: 415 415 2020 Total: 429 429 2021 Total: 376 376 2022 Total: 403 403 2023 Total: 379 379 2024 Total: 417 417 2025 Total: 415 415 2011 Men: 104 104 2012 Men: 102 102 2013 Men: 105 105 2014 Men: 107 107 2015 Men: 120 120 2016 Men: 113 113 2017 Men: 125 125 2018 Men: 109 109 2019 Men: 110 110 2020 Men: 115 115 2021 Men: 98 98 2022 Men: 101 101 2023 Men: 88 88 2024 Men: 102 102 2025 Men: 93 93 2011 Women: 239 239 2012 Women: 251 251 2013 Women: 256 256 2014 Women: 300 300 2015 Women: 291 291 2016 Women: 315 315 2017 Women: 305 305 2018 Women: 268 268 2019 Women: 305 305 2020 Women: 314 314 2021 Women: 278 278 2022 Women: 302 302 2023 Women: 291 291 2024 Women: 315 315 2025 Women: 322 322

Full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2011 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2012 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2013 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2016 Native: 3.0% 3.0% 2017 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2018 Native: 1.6% 1.6% 2019 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2020 Native: 1.2% 1.2% 2021 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2022 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2025 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2011 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2012 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2013 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2014 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2015 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2016 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2017 Asian: 3.7% 3.7% 2018 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2019 Asian: 3.9% 3.9% 2020 Asian: 4.0% 4.0% 2021 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2022 Asian: 3.0% 3.0% 2023 Asian: 4.5% 4.5% 2024 Asian: 2.6% 2.6% 2025 Asian: 2.2% 2.2% 2011 Black: 1.7% 1.7% 2012 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2013 Black: 1.9% 1.9% 2014 Black: 1.5% 1.5% 2015 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2016 Black: 1.6% 1.6% 2017 Black: 2.8% 2.8% 2018 Black: 5.0% 5.0% 2019 Black: 4.3% 4.3% 2020 Black: 4.2% 4.2% 2021 Black: 2.9% 2.9% 2022 Black: 3.2% 3.2% 2023 Black: 2.6% 2.6% 2024 Black: 1.7% 1.7% 2025 Black: 0.7% 0.7% 2011 Hispanic: 2.9% 2.9% 2012 Hispanic: 2.8% 2.8% 2013 Hispanic: 5.3% 5.3% 2014 Hispanic: 5.9% 5.9% 2015 Hispanic: 5.1% 5.1% 2016 Hispanic: 5.1% 5.1% 2017 Hispanic: 4.4% 4.4% 2018 Hispanic: 7.7% 7.7% 2019 Hispanic: 7.0% 7.0% 2020 Hispanic: 7.0% 7.0% 2021 Hispanic: 5.1% 5.1% 2022 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2023 Hispanic: 2.9% 2.9% 2024 Hispanic: 6.2% 6.2% 2025 Hispanic: 7.2% 7.2% 2011 White: 82.5% 82.5% 2012 White: 81.9% 81.9% 2013 White: 81.2% 81.2% 2014 White: 81.8% 81.8% 2015 White: 83.9% 83.9% 2016 White: 80.8% 80.8% 2017 White: 79.8% 79.8% 2018 White: 73.2% 73.2% 2019 White: 74.7% 74.7% 2020 White: 73.7% 73.7% 2021 White: 74.5% 74.5% 2022 White: 70.0% 70.0% 2023 White: 74.7% 74.7% 2024 White: 73.9% 73.9% 2025 White: 77.1% 77.1% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2014 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2015 International: 1.7% 1.7% 2016 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2017 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of full-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates across all years of study. Two or more races and race unknown are omitted, so the lines do not sum to 100%. Fall enrollment through 2019; 12-month enrollment from 2020 (dashed line). 2025 covers 2024–25. Changes across 2020 may reflect the reporting period.

IPEDS Fall Enrollment (2011–2019) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025). The dashed line at 2020 marks the change in reporting period. Missing reports leave gaps.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Maine College of Art & Design 85 26% 79% 4% 0% 4% 0% $37,305 0 -1.30 3 93%
Animation 19 — 16% 74% 11% 0% 11% 0% $41,191 8 -0.98 4 — — — — —
Ceramics 7 — 14% 71% 0% 0% 14% 0% $33,096 4 -1.47 2 92% — — — —
Craft Design 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $36,995 9 -1.05 3 — — — — —
Fashion Design 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $40,506 2 -2.09 4 95% — — — —
Graphic Design 7 — 43% 57% 0% 0% 0% 0% $40,506 3 -1.52 4 95% — — — —
Illustration 16 — 44% 81% 0% 0% 0% 0% $40,506 21 -0.68 4 95% — — — —
Intermedia/Multimedia 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $33,096 4 -1.47 2 92% — — — —
Jewelry Arts 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $33,096 1 -2.82 2 92% — — — —
Painting 14 — 21% 79% 7% 0% 0% 0% $33,096 4 -1.47 2 92% — — — —
Photography 2 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $40,520 6 -1.02 4 100% — — — —
Printmaking 7 — 14% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $33,096 1 -2.10 2 92% — — — —
Sculpture 7 — 29% 71% 0% 0% 0% 0% $33,096 4 -1.47 2 92% — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $45,947
ROI Percentile 3th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 72%
4-Year Graduation Rate 47%
6-Year Graduation Rate 52%
Transfer-Out Rate 5%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 41.8% 41.8% 2012 Graduated: 26.5% 26.5% 2013 Graduated: 45.0% 45.0% 2014 Graduated: 45.6% 45.6% 2015 Graduated: 66.7% 66.7% 2016 Graduated: 57.1% 57.1% 2017 Graduated: 52.9% 52.9% 2018 Graduated: 51.2% 51.2% 2019 Graduated: 54.4% 54.4% 2020 Graduated: 52.1% 52.1% 2021 Graduated: 44.0% 44.0% 2022 Graduated: 48.3% 48.3% 2023 Graduated: 48.7% 48.7% 2024 Graduated: 51.5% 51.5%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 34.9% 2012 Men: 30.8% 2013 Men: 54.2% 2014 Men: 50.0% 2015 Men: 77.8% 2016 Men: 69.6% 2017 Men: 38.7% 2018 Men: 54.5% 2019 Men: 52.0% 2020 Men: 60.0% 2021 Men: 50.0% 2022 Men: 50.0% 2023 Men: 44.4% 2024 Men: 52.6% 2011 Women: 45.6% 2012 Women: 23.8% 2013 Women: 41.1% 2014 Women: 42.9% 2015 Women: 65.0% 2016 Women: 52.9% 2017 Women: 59.2% 2018 Women: 50.0% 2019 Women: 55.1% 2020 Women: 50.0% 2021 Women: 41.3% 2022 Women: 48.0% 2023 Women: 50.6% 2024 Women: 51.3%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 33.3% 2012 Black: 0.0% 2014 Black: 100.0% 2015 Black: 100.0% 2016 Black: 100.0% 2017 Black: 66.7% 2018 Black: 0.0% 2019 Black: 0.0% 2020 Black: 33.3% 2021 Black: 100.0% 2022 Black: 50.0% 2023 Black: 14.3% 2024 Black: 60.0% 2011 Hispanic: 0.0% 2014 Hispanic: 100.0% 2016 Hispanic: 0.0% 2017 Hispanic: 50.0% 2018 Hispanic: 50.0% 2019 Hispanic: 40.0% 2020 Hispanic: 40.0% 2021 Hispanic: 33.3% 2022 Hispanic: 37.5% 2023 Hispanic: 28.6% 2024 Hispanic: 55.6% 2011 White: 43.0% 2012 White: 26.5% 2013 White: 46.4% 2014 White: 45.6% 2015 White: 65.5% 2016 White: 55.7% 2017 White: 54.3% 2018 White: 52.2% 2019 White: 58.5% 2020 White: 54.1% 2021 White: 42.5% 2022 White: 51.2% 2023 White: 52.7% 2024 White: 50.8%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Arts 100.0% 85 26% 79% 4% 0% 4% 0% $37,305 4 -1.30 3 93% —

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 78%
Yield (non-ED) 16%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 78% 78% 78%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 94.7% 94.7% 2012 Acceptance: 97.7% 97.7% 2013 Acceptance: 96.2% 96.2% 2014 Acceptance: 97.3% 97.3% 2015 Acceptance: 98.1% 98.1% 2016 Acceptance: 86.4% 86.4% 2017 Acceptance: 67.7% 67.7% 2018 Acceptance: 61.4% 61.4% 2019 Acceptance: 62.4% 62.4% 2020 Acceptance: 70.3% 70.3% 2021 Acceptance: 72.1% 72.1% 2022 Acceptance: 74.0% 74.0% 2023 Acceptance: 77.5% 77.5% 2024 Acceptance: 76.1% 76.1% 2011 Yield: 33.3% 33.3% 2012 Yield: 28.2% 28.2% 2013 Yield: 34.1% 34.1% 2014 Yield: 33.4% 33.4% 2015 Yield: 29.3% 29.3% 2016 Yield: 28.0% 28.0% 2017 Yield: 24.0% 24.0% 2018 Yield: 18.2% 18.2% 2019 Yield: 21.1% 21.1% 2020 Yield: 23.0% 23.0% 2021 Yield: 21.7% 21.7% 2022 Yield: 20.4% 20.4% 2023 Yield: 17.1% 17.1% 2024 Yield: 16.1% 16.1%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

0 250 500 750 1,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 323 323 2012 Applicants: 301 301 2013 Applicants: 320 320 2014 Applicants: 375 375 2015 Applicants: 411 411 2016 Applicants: 529 529 2017 Applicants: 744 744 2018 Applicants: 888 888 2019 Applicants: 906 906 2020 Applicants: 797 797 2021 Applicants: 666 666 2022 Applicants: 649 649 2023 Applicants: 913 913 2024 Applicants: 994 994 2011 Admitted: 306 306 2012 Admitted: 294 294 2013 Admitted: 308 308 2014 Admitted: 365 365 2015 Admitted: 403 403 2016 Admitted: 457 457 2017 Admitted: 504 504 2018 Admitted: 545 545 2019 Admitted: 565 565 2020 Admitted: 560 560 2021 Admitted: 480 480 2022 Admitted: 480 480 2023 Admitted: 708 708 2024 Admitted: 756 756 2011 Enrolled: 102 102 2012 Enrolled: 83 83 2013 Enrolled: 105 105 2014 Enrolled: 122 122 2015 Enrolled: 118 118 2016 Enrolled: 128 128 2017 Enrolled: 121 121 2018 Enrolled: 99 99 2019 Enrolled: 119 119 2020 Enrolled: 129 129 2021 Enrolled: 104 104 2022 Enrolled: 98 98 2023 Enrolled: 121 121 2024 Enrolled: 122 122

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional