Saint Joseph's College of Maine

Private · Moderately Selective · ME

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School data & stats

TypePrivate

LocationME · Northeast

SettingRural

Undergrads964

Student:faculty10:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate43.9%

6-yr grad rate65.7%

Drop-out rate25.4%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$44k

Out-of-state tuition$44k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity30.1%

Gender diversity63.2%

International0%

IdentityRoman Catholic

Overview

Saint Joseph's College of Maine is the state's only Catholic college, founded by the Sisters of Mercy, on a lakeside campus in Standish overlooking Sebago Lake. It combines a small traditional residential undergraduate program with a substantial online division serving adult learners nationwide, giving the college two quite different student populations.

Academics

Nursing and other health professions are the college's strongest traditional undergraduate programs, complemented by education. The online division serves working adults pursuing degree completion or graduate study on a schedule independent of the Standish campus calendar.

Campus & student life

The Sebago Lake setting supports a quiet, outdoors-adjacent residential life for the on-campus undergraduate population, distinct from the much larger and more geographically dispersed online student body.

Worth knowing

Prospective on-campus students should understand that Saint Joseph's runs two largely separate institutions in practice — a small residential Catholic college in rural Maine and a large national online program — and campus culture reflects the former, not the latter's scale.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate83.5%

Enrolled mid-50%SAT 960–1150

Test policyoptional

Rec letters1

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

AdmissionRolling

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