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 26 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is environmental science.
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College Factual ranked Unity as #1,251 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 19 colleges in Maine, Unity is ranked at #8.
Unity College has an acceptance rate of 91%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for Unity.
The student to faculty ratio at Unity College is 27 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
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 28%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 37% rate at Unity College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
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 46%. 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $21,485 | $23,834 | $24,829 | $27,113 | $30,173 |
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 74% of students took out student loans averaging $5,695 a year. That adds up to $22,780 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Unity is 5.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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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 Resource Management | 42 | $32,677 |
| Wildlife Management | 40 | $24,558 |
| Zoology | 18 | $21,178 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 13 | NA |
| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 12 | $22,365 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 6 | NA |
| Outdoor Education | 5 | NA |
| Agricultural Production | 5 | NA |
| Animal Science | 3 | NA |
| Legal Research | 1 | 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 2020-2021, 2,417 students took at least one online class at Unity College. This is an increase from the 1,429 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,417 | 2,366 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,429 | 1,429 |
| 2018-2019 | 257 | 257 |
| 2017-2018 | 96 | 96 |
| 2016-2017 | 733 | 29 |
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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