College · Private nonprofit · Bangor, ME · City
Husson University
Bangor, ME
Admit rate81%
6-yr median pay$42k
Net price / yr$21k
Undergrad size2,618
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $21k/yr for a shot at a $42k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 81% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1180.
If you get in
2,618 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $36k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $21k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$143k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$84k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$59k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.0x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $23.3k
- Room & board
- $12.7k
- Books & supplies
- $1,150
How students pay for it.
Pell grants39%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans72%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention76%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr59%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$42k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$45k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 2,618
- Location
- Bangor, ME
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Husson
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White80%
- Two or more races6%
- Black6%
- Unknown3%
- International3%
- Asian2%
- Hispanic1%
First-gen students32%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time27%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans1%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$54k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 40
What you can study.