Maine College of Art & Design
Portland, ME · Private · Small city · MCAD · MECA&D · Meca · Portland School of Art
Private institution in Portland, ME · 415 undergraduates · 78% acceptance rate · $40,778 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 10%Student-faculty ratio
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
- $36,4431,870th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $41,3981,687th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $41,3981,664th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $57,0271,654th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $27,0001,604th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $40,7781,580th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $24,3331,874th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 48.7%1,214th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 77.9%782nd highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 77.5%831st most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 4151,729th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8.0:1216th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 26.6%1,395th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 97 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
- EADec 1
- RDMar 1
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- $70
- 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 5 of 5 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $26,353 | $24,808 |
| Fine and Studio ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | $18,498 | $21,736 |
| Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and ArtisanryVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | $23,456 |
| Graphic CommunicationsCommunications Technology | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websitemeca.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 161509)
- 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: Maine College of Art & Design vs College of the AtlanticHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Build an admissions plan8th–12th grade actions for this college — sports, activities, timeline
- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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- Sticker price is a trapPublished tuition is a starting rumor. Net price is closer to what families actually pay.
- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
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