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Maine colleges: career services and alumni support

30 colleges in Maine, and the job market their graduates enter. A career services or alumni staff member can claim their college’s page and set up a free workspace.

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The Maine job market

  • 3.1%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

  • 30

    colleges listed

    Source: IPEDS and the College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education

Maine workforce boards · Maine by county and city

Colleges in Maine

Colleges in Maine
CollegeCityTypeStudentsClaim
Bates CollegeLewistonPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,760Claim page
Beal UniversityBangorPrivate for-profit 4-year484Claim page
Bowdoin CollegeBrunswickPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,873Claim page
Central Maine Community CollegeAuburnPublic 2-year2,952Claim page
Colby CollegeWatervillePrivate nonprofit 4-year2,407Claim page
College of the AtlanticBar HarborPrivate nonprofit 4-year353Claim page
Eastern Maine Community CollegeBangorPublic 2-year1,840Claim page
Husson UniversityBangorPrivate nonprofit 4-year2,618Claim page
Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual ArtsPortlandPrivate nonprofit 4-yearClaim page
Kennebec Valley Community CollegeFairfieldPublic 2-year1,597Claim page
Maine College of Art & DesignPortlandPrivate nonprofit 4-year415Claim page
Maine College of Health ProfessionsLewistonPrivate nonprofit 4-year239Claim page
Maine Maritime AcademyCastinePublic 4-year942Claim page
Maine Media CollegeRockportPrivate nonprofit 4-year3Claim page
Northern Maine Community CollegePresque IslePublic 2-year638Claim page
Saint Joseph's College of MaineStandishPrivate nonprofit 4-year964Claim page
Southern Maine Community CollegeSouth PortlandPublic 2-year5,675Claim page
The Landing SchoolArundelPrivate nonprofit 2-year32Claim page
Thomas CollegeWatervillePrivate nonprofit 4-year647Claim page
Unity Environmental UniversityNew GloucesterPrivate nonprofit 4-year6,483Claim page
University of MaineOronoPublic 4-year8,496Claim page
University of Maine at AugustaAugustaPublic 4-year2,659Claim page
University of Maine at FarmingtonFarmingtonPublic 4-year1,140Claim page
University of Maine at Fort KentFort KentPublic 4-year599Claim page
University of Maine at Presque IslePresque IslePublic 4-year1,913Claim page
University of Maine-System Central OfficeOronoPublic 4-yearClaim page
University of New EnglandBiddefordPrivate nonprofit 4-year2,135Claim page
University of Southern MainePortlandPublic 4-year4,222Claim page
Washington County Community CollegeCalaisPublic 2-year443Claim page
York County Community CollegeWellsPublic 2-year1,133Claim page

College career fairs and employer events in Maine

Career fairs and employer events at colleges, plus hiring and business events nearby.

Work in career services or alumni relations at a Maine college?

Claim your college’s page and set up a free workspace for alumni and students. Use a work email at your institution’s domain.

See how a college claims its page

Sources: college directory from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), 2-year and 4-year public, private nonprofit and for-profit institutions; unemployment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Maine unemployment benefits.

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