College · Public · Castine, ME · Rural
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine, ME
Admit rate54%
6-yr median pay$94k
Net price / yr$23k
Undergrad size942
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $23k/yr for a shot at a $94k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 54% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1166.
If you get in
942 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 $31k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $23k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$124k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$94k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$31k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.0x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $15.2k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $31.1k
- Room & board
- $12.3k
- Books & supplies
- $1,300
How students pay for it.
Pell grants25%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans58%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr58%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$94k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$90k
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
- Rural
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 942
- Location
- Castine, ME
- Region
- New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White81%
- Hispanic6%
- Unknown5%
- Black3%
- Two or more races2%
- Asian1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
- International1%
First-gen students21%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time9%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$88k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 16
What you can study.