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UMaine tuition and net price

University of Maine · Orono, Maine · Public · 8,496 undergraduates

$13,760
in-state tuition and fees, 2025-26
$37,910
out-of-state tuition and fees
$29,162
full cost of attendance a year
$17,224
average net price after aid

Residency is worth $24,150 a year in tuition and fees at UMaine: Maine residents pay $13,760 for 2025-26, everyone else $37,910. After grants and scholarships, the average in-state student receiving aid paid $17,224, 59% of the full $29,162 cost of attendance. University of Wyoming has the lowest average net price among the schools closest to UMaine in size and selectivity ($13,647), and Pennsylvania Western University the highest ($17,839).

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $13,222Income under $30,000$13,222Income $30,001 to $48,000: $12,893Income $30,001 to $48,000$12,893Income $48,001 to $75,000: $13,468Income $48,001 to $75,000$13,468Income $75,001 to $110,000: $18,513Income $75,001 to $110,000$18,513Income over $110,000: $22,823Income over $110,000$22,823
Average yearly price after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid and paying the in-state rate.

For an estimate based on your own family's finances, use UMaine's net price calculator.

Tuition and fees since 2014-15

$0k$10k$20k$30k$40k2014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232025-26Out-of-stateIn-state2014-15 Out-of-state: $28k In-state: $11k2015-16 Out-of-state: $29k In-state: $11k2016-17 Out-of-state: $29k In-state: $11k2017-18 Out-of-state: $30k In-state: $11k2018-19 Out-of-state: $31k In-state: $11k2019-20 Out-of-state: $32k In-state: $11k2020-21 Out-of-state: $33k In-state: $12k2021-22 Out-of-state: $34k In-state: $12k2022-23 Out-of-state: $34k In-state: $12k2023-24 Out-of-state: $35k In-state: $13k2024-25 Out-of-state: no data In-state: no data2025-26 Out-of-state: $38k In-state: $14k
Published full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees. No figure was published for 2024-25.
Show the numbers by year
Academic yearIn-stateOut-of-state
2025-26$13,760$37,910
2023-24$12,606$35,346
2022-23$12,136$33,736
2021-22$11,986$33,586
2020-21$11,744$32,534
2019-20$11,438$31,748
2018-19$11,170$30,970
2017-18$10,902$30,282
2016-17$10,628$29,498
2015-16$10,610$28,880
2014-15$10,606$28,486

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$13,760 in-state, $37,910 out-of-state
Room and board on campus
$14,114
Books and supplies
$1,000
Full cost of attendance
$29,162 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
27%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
42%
Median federal debt at graduation
$21,500

Colleges similar to UMaine

The six public four-year colleges closest to UMaine in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO		97%8,697$14,954$61,386
Texas Southern University
Houston, TX		97%6,844$16,494$46,064
Stephen F Austin State University
Nacogdoches, TX		94%8,728$15,928$54,376
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY		97%7,944$13,647$62,764
Pennsylvania Western University
California, PA		94%7,451$17,839$51,161
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND		95%9,471$15,636$65,925

Tuition and fees for 2025-26, cost of attendance and net price come from the College Scorecard; earlier tuition years come from IPEDS via the Urban Institute. Net price is what first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, and it lags the tuition year. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · UMaine on College Scorecard