Orono, ME · Public · Every figure is for a student starting in fall 2027. We work each one out again whenever we update the site.
How to pay for University of Maine
What a year costs here, what brings it down, and what a SmartTuition plan could save a family like yours.
Paying for four years here
Four years here, after grants
$84,066
A SmartTuition plan could save a family like this about $3,300.
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester, using your own numbers.
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A family of four with good credit and $500 a month for college. How we worked these out ↓
A year at University of Maine
| Full price, in state | $30,896 |
| Full price, out of state | $56,759 |
| After grants, at your income | $19,598 |
At this income, 4 of Maine's other 7 colleges cost less after grants, and 3 cost more. See them all →
What can bring it down
Merit scholarships. In state: Maine residents get a merit scholarship at admission, set by high school GPA and course rigor. It is $2,000 to $10,000 a year with an application by December 1 and $2,000 to $5,000 after, for the class entering in fall 2027 (and 2 more below).
Pay less for college
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester.
At University of Maine, our scenarios for Maine households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $5,100 over four years. How we worked this out ↓
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What University of Maine says it awards for grades and test scores.
In state: maine residents get a merit scholarship at admission, set by high school GPA and course rigor. It is $2,000 to $10,000 a year with an application by December 1 and $2,000 to $5,000 after, for the class entering in fall 2027.
In state: the University of Maine gives National Merit Semifinalists and Finalists from Maine all of tuition and mandatory fees for up to 30 credits a year. It renews for four years with a 3.3 GPA.
“UMaine National Merit Award Eligibility Criteria: Semi-finalist and finalists with the National Merit Scholarship Corporation Award Amount: 100% tuition and mandatory fees, up to 30 credits per academic year (renewable for four years with a maintained 3.3 GPA)”
Out of state: qualified students from thirteen states pay a tuition rate equal to in-state tuition at their home state's flagship university. The match lasts all four years while the student meets its renewal terms.
“The Flagship Match Commitment is UMaine’s merit-based scholarship program for qualified out-of-state students. Instead of paying standard out-of-state tuition rates, eligible students pay a tuition rate equivalent to in-state tuition of their home state’s flagship university.”
How we worked these out
The family
A family of four with good parent credit and $500 a month to put toward college, and the savings you pick. In state, the grants are what University of Maine reports families at that income got, on average. Your own will differ, and a family with no aid pays close to the full price. Out of state, there are no grants: the price is before any scholarship from the college.
What a SmartTuition plan saves
The difference, over four years, between a SmartTuition plan and the standard approach: savings first, then loans for the rest. It counts loan interest and the federal tax credit. For a family that lives in Maine, it also counts Maine's tax deduction for money you put through its 529 plan.
The $5,100 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in University of Maine's own scenarios. Each scenario is a household that lives in Maine, with an income from $45,000 to $200,000 and savings of none, $40,000 or $100,000 in a 529. We price University of Maine at the aid it reports for that income.
Every scenario has parents with good credit and $500 a month toward college. The card above uses the same two. A scenario where the parents would borrow more than $65,000 is left out.
The prices by income
- They describe students who got aid.
- “Over $110,000” has no upper limit, so it averages families just over $110,000 with far wealthier ones. A family at $115,000 should expect to pay less than it shows.
- Each range is reported on its own, so the prices do not always rise with income.
Where the prices come from
Where the prices come from: University of Maine's own 2026-27 tuition, fees, housing, food and books, from its website, carried forward to 2027 at 3.0% a year. The grants are the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2025-26 figures), carried forward the same way. Each price after grants is the cost less those grants. The out-of-state figure uses the published out-of-state tuition instead. The average price after grants counts the students who get federal aid. Your own figure will be different.
University of Maine's own budget for 2026-27 is $31,896 in state and $57,006 out of state. It also counts costs the university doesn't bill for, such as travel and personal spending. We leave those out.
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Nearby at your income
- University of Maine at Farmington$16,985 a year
- University of Southern Maine$17,020 a year
- University of Maine$19,598 a year
- Bowdoin College$21,564 a year
- Bates College$27,722 a year
What each college charges, less the average grant for your income. Every Maine college →