UMaine makes 24/7 Wall St list of colleges where applications are up
The University of Maine was included in 24/7 Wall St.’s list of “Colleges where applications are on the rise.” 24/7 Wall St. reviewed 10-year changes in the number of applications in more than 1,500 post-secondary schools to identify the 100 colleges where applications rose the most. According to the report, UMaine’s 10-year increase in applications is 127.1 percent, and 12,952 applications were received in 2015–16. UMaine’s total undergraduate enrollment is 12,488, making the acceptance rate 90 percent, the report states.