List of colleges and universities in Maine

The following is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Maine.

This list includes all schools that grant degrees at an associates level or higher, and are either accredited or in the process of accreditation by a recognized accrediting agency.

1 Institutions
2 Out-of-state institutions
3 Defunct institutions
4 See also
5 References and notes
6 External links

Institutions

School	Location(s)	Control	Type^[1]	Enrollment (2005)	Founded
Andover College	Lewiston and South Portland	Private (for-profit)	Associates college	590	1967^[2]
Bangor Theological Seminary	Bangor	Private (United Church of Christ)	Faith-based institution	139	1814^[3]
Bates College	Lewiston	Private	Liberal arts college	1,699	1855
Beal College	Bangor	Private (for-profit)	Associates college	373	1891^[4]
Bowdoin College	Brunswick	Private	Liberal arts college	1,666	1794
Central Maine Community College	Auburn	Public	Associates college	2,146	1963^[5]
Central Maine Medical Center School of Nursing	Lewiston	Private	Associates college	124	1891
Colby College	Waterville	Private	Liberal arts college	1,871	1813
College of the Atlantic	Bar Harbor	Private	Liberal arts college	319	1969
Eastern Maine Community College	Bangor	Public	Associates college	1,831	1966^[6]
Husson University	Bangor and South Portland	Private	Masters university	2,093	1898
Kennebec Valley Community College	Fairfield	Public	Associates college	1,782	1969^[7]
Maine College of Art	Portland	Private	School of art	494	1882
Maine Maritime Academy	Castine	Public	Baccalaureate college	839	1941
New England School of Communications	Bangor	Private	Special-focus institution	313	1981
Northern Maine Community College	Presque Isle	Public	Associates college	921	1961^[8]
Saint Joseph's College of Maine	Standish	Private (Catholic)	Masters university	3,636	1912
Southern Maine Community College	South Portland	Public	Associates college	4,487	1946^[9]
Thomas College	Waterville	Private	Baccalaureate college	875	1894
Unity College	Unity	Private	Baccalaureate college	528	1965
University of Maine	Orono	Public	Research university	11,435	1865
University of Maine at Augusta	Augusta	Public	Baccalaureate college	5,494	1965
University of Maine at Farmington	Farmington	Public	Baccalaureate college	2,452	1863
University of Maine at Fort Kent	Fort Kent	Public	Baccalaureate college	1,193	1878
University of Maine at Machias	Machias	Public	Liberal arts college	1,149	1909
University of Maine at Presque Isle	Presque Isle	Public	Liberal arts college	1,548	1903
University of New England	Biddeford and Portland	Private	Masters university	3,312	1939
University of Southern Maine	Gorham and Portland	Public	Masters university	10,974	1878
Washington County Community College	Calais	Public	Associates college	394	1969^[10]
York County Community College	Wells	Public	Associates college	874	1994^[11]

Out-of-state institutions

Southern New Hampshire University offers degree programs at locations in Auburn and Brunswick.^[12]

Defunct institutions

School	Location(s)	Founded	Closed	Note
Bliss College	Lewiston	1897	1972
Casco Bay College
Eastern State Normal School	Castine	1867	1942
Gorham State College	Gorham	1878	1970	Merged with the University of Maine at Portland-Gorham after merger in 1970 with Portland campus of University of Maine at Orono; later changed to the University of Southern Maine
Immaculate Heart of Mary Institute
John F. Kennedy College	Fort Kent	1965	1975
Kents Hill Junior College	Kents Hill
LaMennais College	Alfred	1951	1959	Moved to Canton, Ohio and became Walsh University.
Mid-State College	Augusta	1867	2003	[1]
Nasson College	Springvale	1912	1983
Northern Conservatory of Music	Bangor	1929	1972	[2]
Oblate College & Seminary	Bar Harbor	1941	1969
Ricker College	Houlton	1848	1978
Westbrook College	Portland	1831	1996	Merged with University of New England and became that institution's Portland campus.

References and notes

General

National Center for Education Statistics. "Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System". http://nces.ed.gov/ipedspas/. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
Peterson's (2004). Peterson's Colleges in New England. Thomson Peterson's. ISBN 0-7689-3813.
U.S. News & World Report. "America's Best Colleges 2008". http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/tools/search.php. Retrieved September 29, 2007.

Specific

^ School types are based on the categorization used by US News, which is a simplification of the 2005 Carnegie Classification. For schools not categorized by US News, the Carnegie Classification is used directly.
^ Andover College. "About Andover College". http://www.andovercollege.edu/AndoverCollegePortal/AboutAndoverCollege/. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
^ Bangor Theological Seminary. "Catalog: Introduction". http://catalog.bts.edu/content.php?catoid=6&navoid=119. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
^ Beal College. "Course Catalog" (PDF). p. 5. http://www.bealcollege.edu/2008catalog.pdf. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
^ Central Maine Community College. "About CM". http://www.cmcc.edu/about_cmcc/#history. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
^ Eastern Maine Community College. "Our History". http://www.emcc.edu/showcontents.aspx?id=1632. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
^ Kennebec Valley Community College. "Fall 2006 Profile". http://www.kvcc.me.edu/Website/Frames/WebSiteData/ExploreKVTC/ExploreKVTC.aspx. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
^ Northern Maine Community College. "About NMCC". http://www.nmcc.edu/about_nmcc.php. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
^ Southern Maine Community College. "History of SMCC". http://www.smccme.edu/docs.php?section=1&navid=2&levelfour=166&docid=481. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
^ Washington County Community College. "Student Handbook" (PDF). p. 6. http://www.wccc.me.edu/Assets/handbook0304.pdf. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
^ York County Community College. "History". http://www.yccc.edu/about_yccc/history.html. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
^ Southern New Hampshire University. "SNHU Maine; Southern New Hampshire University". http://www.snhu.edu/336.asp. Retrieved June 3, 2010.

External links

Department of Education listing of accredited institutions in Maine

Universities and colleges in Maine

Private	Bangor Theological Seminary Bates College Beal College Bowdoin College Colby College College of the Atlantic Husson University Maine College of Art New England Bible College New England School of Communications Saint Joseph's College Thomas College Unity College University of New England

Public	Maine Maritime Academy University of Maine University of Maine at Augusta University of Maine at Farmington University of Maine at Fort Kent University of Maine at Machias University of Maine at Presque Isle University of Southern Maine

Community College System	Central Maine CC Eastern Maine CC Kennebec Valley CC Northern Maine CC Southern Maine CC Washington County CC York County CC

Law Schools	University of Maine School of Law

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