College of the Atlantic
Bar Harbor, ME · Private · Rural (remote)
Private institution in Bar Harbor, ME · 358 undergraduates · 65% acceptance rate · $40,264 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 20%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 22%Graduation rate (4-year)
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $24,0281,432nd cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $46,1791,771st cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $46,1791,767th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $56,3341,639th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $25,0501,367th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $40,2641,606th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 69.2%450th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 83.2%528th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 65.0%501st most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 3581,762nd largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 10.0:1436th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 26.5%1,397th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 198 mi (BOS)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Applying
- EDNov 15
- ED IIJan 15
- EADec 1
- RDFeb 1
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- Free
- Personal essay
- Required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 2 of 2 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, GeneralMultidisciplinary Studies | bachelors | $19,227 | $16,920 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherMultidisciplinary Studies | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websitecoa.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 160959)
- Compare colleges in MERe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in MaineEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: College of the Atlantic vs Maine College of Art & DesignHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
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