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Maine Maritime Academy

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Castine, ME942 students
Acceptance Rate
54%
moderate
Median SAT
1,170
Middle 50%: 1095–1260
Net Price After Aid
$29.6k
Sticker $28.0k
Graduation Rate
61%
6-year, full-time

Maine Maritime Academy is a public institution in Castine, ME with an acceptance rate of 54% and 942 students. The middle 50% of admitted students score 1095–1260 on the SAT and present an average GPA near 3.35. The average net price after financial aid is $29,641 per year.

About Maine Maritime Academy

A public 4-year rural university in Castine, ME.

Maine Maritime Academy campus
Campus · Castine

Maine Maritime Academy is a college in Castine, ME. It enrolls roughly 942 students. The most recent acceptance rate is 54%. Admitted students typically score between 1095 and 1260 on the SAT.

New EnglandRuralPublic4-yearEngineering
Acceptance Rate
54%
Moderate
Total Enrollment
942
Small
Retention
82%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
61%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

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Acceptance Rate
54%
54 of every 100 applicants admitted
Your Chances
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Admitted Student GPA
3.35
Average across admitted students

Selective — strong academics get you in the conversation.

What strengthens an application here

  1. SAT scores of 1095 to 1260
    The middle half of admitted students scored in this range. A score in the upper part of it strengthens an application.
  2. A GPA near 3.35 or higher
    This is the average across admitted students.
  3. Depth in one or two activities
    Sustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.

Your chances estimate is based on your academic profile and activities — it is a guide, not a guarantee of admission. Decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Maine Maritime Academy. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Admitted student profile

Range shown is the middle 50%.

SAT
composite, 1600 scale
1,1001,240
1,170
average
ACT
composite, 36 scale
2126
24
average
GPA
weighted, 4.5 max
3.083.73
3.35
average

This school doesn't require test scores, so these ranges reflect only students who chose to submit — applicants who submit tend to have higher scores. The real admitted range likely runs lower. Don't rule yourself out on scores alone.

Application requirements

  • Personal essay required
  • Counselor rec required
  • Mid-year report
  • Tests sometimes required
  • $50 application fee
  • Accepts fee waiver

Deadlines (2026-27)

Early Action
Nov 30, 2026
Regular Decision
May 1, 2027

Source: Common App 2026-27 requirements grid (verified Aug 2026). Always confirm on the college's own site.

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Maine Maritime Academy after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
—
Tuition $28,000
Average net price after aid
$29,641
61% of students receive financial aid

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$12,499
$30,001 – $48,000
$16,642
$48,001 – $75,000
$18,372
$75,001 – $110,000
$22,427
$110,001 +
$25,342

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
25%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
58%
Avg loan $26,812 / year
Avg Grant Aid
—
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Maine Maritime Academy concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
10:1
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Engineering
40% of degrees awarded
Retention
82%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Maine Maritime Academy. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White49%
  • Asian1%
  • Hispanic4%
  • Black2%
  • Two or more races1%
  • International44%

Gender

  • Female20%
  • Male80%
International
74%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
—
Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
942

Outcomes after graduation

What Maine Maritime Academy graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$90.0k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
—
Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
—
Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
61%
6-year, full-time

Is it worth it?

Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.

Median earnings
$90.0k
10 yrs after entry
Typical debt
$26.8k
median, borrowers only
Avg. net price
$29.6k/yr
after aid
  • These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
  • Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
  • Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
  • Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.

What this means

$90k is well above the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 61% graduation rate is below the national average.

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