College · Private nonprofit · Bar Harbor, ME · Rural
College of the Atlantic
Bar Harbor, ME
Admit rate70%
6-yr median pay—
Net price / yr$25k
Undergrad size353
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $25k/yr. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 70% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1370.
If you get in
353 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $58k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $25k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$233k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$101k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$132k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $48.0k
- Room & board
- $10.4k
- Books & supplies
- $600
How students pay for it.
Pell grants28%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans53%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr68%
Majority finish.
10-yr median pay$40k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out13%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 353
- Location
- Bar Harbor, ME
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White69%
- International22%
- Hispanic4%
- Two or more races2%
- Unknown2%
- Asian1%
- Black1%
Part-time3%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$58k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 2
What you can study.