by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Unity College was awarded 20 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is environmental science.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Unity is ranked #901 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Unity held the #1,251 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 19 colleges in Maine, Unity is ranked at #7.
With an acceptance rate of 94%, Unity has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
At Unity College, the student to faculty ratio is 36 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Unity College is 8%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 39% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Unity College. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Unity the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 43%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Unity College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,193 full-time undergraduates at Unity.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $18,283 | $19,057 | $20,105 | $21,443 | $21,676 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Unity, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Unity, approximately 91% of students took out student loans averaging $4,956 a year. That adds up to $19,824 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Unity are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 70 Farm View Drive, Suite 200, New Gloucester, ME 04260 |
| Phone: | 207-509-7100 |
| Website: | https://unity.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/UnityCollege |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/unitycollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Natural Resources Conservation | 74 | NA |
| Natural Resource Management | 41 | $41,685 |
| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 32 | NA |
| Wildlife Management | 31 | $29,312 |
| Geography & Cartography | 24 | NA |
| Sustainability Science | 18 | NA |
| Zoology | 13 | $30,987 |
| Animal Science | 10 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 9 | NA |
| Urban & Regional Planning | 5 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 4,272 students took at least one online class at Unity College. This is an increase from the 2,417 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,272 | 4,120 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,417 | 2,366 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,429 | 1,429 |
| 2018-2019 | 96 | 96 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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