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Engineering (all) at UMaine

UMaine graduates about 215 engineering majors a year, 11% of its graduating class. That puts it 198th of 434 schools we score for engineering, a solid program at 59 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $86,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.92×). Research spending in the field runs about $71 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

59/100Solid#198 of 434 for engineering →
Graduates a year21511% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$86,0000.92× the same major nationally
Research in the field$71Ma year, NSF
Admit rate94%whole school
SAT middle 50%1070–1330whole school

Around UMaine

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Miró Quartet with David Shifrin UMaine 20220327Photo: SarekOfVulcan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Maine Experiment Station Barn
Main Building Page Farm and Home Museum Orono MainePhoto: Drbnagy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The lawn outside of Hancock Hall at the University of Maine.
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Bananas T Bear Statue - UMainePhoto: ToddC4176 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where engineering happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Engineering Storage, Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center, Foster Innovation Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 112 · Athletics 13 · Dorm 10 · Dining 3 · Chapel 2 · Library 2.

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Nearby in the engineering ranking

  1. Westmont College 60
  2. Claremont McKenna College 60
  3. Utah State University 59
  4. University of Nevada–Las Vegas 59
  5. University of South Florida 58
  6. Rowan University 58
  7. North Dakota State University 58
  8. Florida Institute of Technology 58

Other strong majors at UMaine

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UMaine with every school we score in engineering. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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