Total Student Headcount (2024-25 — Summer ’24, Fall ’24, Spring ’25): 5,735

Full-time Equivalent Students (2024-25): 2,351

Where UMA Students have taken the majority of their credits:

  • 12% Augusta campus
  • 5% Bangor campus
  • 15% UMA Centers/Sites
  • 67% Online

Program Level of Students

  • 1% Certificate-seeking (Undergraduate)
  • 8% Associate
  • 47% Bachelor’s and Post Bachelor’s
  • <1% Certificate of Graduate Studies
  • 1% Masters
  • 1% Micro-Certificate Undergraduate
  • 10% Non-degree Undergraduate
  • 1% Non-degree Graduate
  • 30% Non-degree Early College

Top 5 Enrolled Programs (2024-25)

Bachelor’s/Post Programs

  1. Liberal Studies (391 students)
  2. Mental Health/Human Services (362)
  3. Nursing (262)
  4. Business Administration (251)
  5. Information & Library Science (153)

Associate Programs

  1. Liberal Studies (188 students)
  2. Business Administration (79)
  3. Mental Health/Human Services (58)
  4. Computer Information Systems (30)
  5. Information & Library Science (24)

First in Family to Attend College (2024-25)

  • 38% First-generation

Financing their Education (2024-25)

  • 74% of all degree/certificate-seeking students received financial aid to meet educational expenses.
  • 66% of financial aid recipients received a Pell Grant, an award that does not have to be repaid.

Indebtedness of 2023-24 Bachelor’s Graduates who started at UMA as First-Year Students (N = 102)

  • 53% Graduated with loan debt (includes only debt accrued at UMA)
    • Average amount of Federal Title IV debt – $27,451
    • Average amount of Private debt – $20,350 (6% graduated with Private debt)

Total Student Admissions (2024-25)

  • 99% Acceptance rate (2,728 students)
    • 1% of Accepted students deferred
    • 42% of Accepted students enrolled
      • 30% First-time students
      • 50% Transfer students
      • 15% Readmits
      • 4% Graduate students

23% (201) of matriculated Summer/Fall 2024 undergraduate admissions are Fall 2024 First-time, Full-time Degree or Certificate-seeking (i.e., meets IPEDS cohort criteria). This represents 5% of the total Fall 2024 enrollment.

Updated March, 2025

Overall Student Profile (Fall 2024)

4,412 headcount

Enrollment Status: 71% part-time and 29% full-time (Ugrd 12+ crs, Grad 6+ crs)

Student Credit Load:

  • Undergraduate 7.61 average
  • Graduate 4.58 average

Gender: 63% female, 35% male, 2% unknown

Race/Ethnicity: 78% white, 17% minority, and 5% unknown

Age:

  • 27 average age, including Early College Students
  • 32 average age, excluding Early College students
    • 36% 18-24 years old
    • 64% 25+ years old

Residency: 92% in-state, 7% out-of-state, 1% international

Advanced Standing: 52 average transfer credits accepted for coursework completed at other regionally accredited schools, recognized by the American Council on Education, high school dual enrollment and Advanced Placement Tests, or previous military experience

Veterans/Active Military: 4.7% self-identified or using personal education benefits (206 students)

Early College Enrollment: 31% high school students (1,378 students)

Statewide Reach: enrollment in all 16 State of Maine counties

  • 23% Kennebec
  • 19% Penobscot
  • 3% Aroostook (northernmost)
  • 3% York (southernmost)
  • 2% Washington (easternmost)
  • 6% Oxford (westernmost)

Incarcerated Students: 3% current prisoners in Maine correctional facilities (138 students)

Statistics updated March, 2025
UMA Office of Institutional Research and Assessment