Maine Average Net Price Ranking

The Cheapest Colleges in Maine by Average Net Price for 2023

Cheapest Colleges in Maine by Average Net Price

The lowest net price colleges in Maine are ranked by the average net price paid. Net price is the average cost paid as determined by tuition minus scholarship and grant financial aid and grant financial aid and may be a more accurate estimation of real life costs than published tuition. Discount from list price represents the effective percent discount from published costs that students averaged. Please note that net price varies on a student by student basis based on finanical situation and no financial aid is guaranteed. University of Maine at Machias leads the list with a $8,824 average annual net price paid in 2014-2015.

Net price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2019/2020 academic year.

Maine's Cheapest Colleges by Average Net Price
College Net Price Discount
#1 University of Maine at Machias

Machias, Public Not For Profit

$8,824 50%
#2 University of Maine at Presque Isle

Presque Isle, Public Not For Profit

$10,442 43%
#3 University of Maine at Augusta

Augusta, Public Not For Profit

$10,670 40%
#4 University of Southern Maine

Portland, Public Not For Profit

$12,072 42%
#5 University of Maine at Fort Kent

Fort Kent, Public Not For Profit

$12,162 35%
#6 University of Maine at Farmington

Farmington, Public Not For Profit

$14,492 30%
#7 University of Maine

Orono, Public Not For Profit

$16,365 34%
#8 College of the Atlantic

Bar Harbor, Private Not For Profit

$18,355 66%
#9 Colby College

Waterville, Private Not For Profit

$18,552 76%
#10 Maine Maritime Academy

Castine, Public Not For Profit

$18,739 29%
#11 Husson University

Bangor, Private Not For Profit

$19,068 26%
#12 New England School of Communications

Bangor, Private Not For Profit

$19,811 25%
#13 Thomas College

Waterville, Private Not For Profit

$21,934 47%
#14 Bowdoin College

Brunswick, Private Not For Profit

$25,622 66%
#15 Bates College

Lewiston, Private Not For Profit

$26,451 65%
#16 Unity College

Unity, Private Not For Profit

$27,070 -13%
#17 Saint Joseph's College of Maine

Standish, Private Not For Profit

$27,979 50%
#18 Maine College of Art

Portland, Private Not For Profit

$33,486 38%
#19 University of New England

Biddeford, Private Not For Profit

$36,474 36%