Here are the best four year colleges in Maine. This guide includes both private and non-profit universities and colleges in Maine.


- Lewiston, Maine
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Small City
Website: www.bates.edu/

- Brunswick, Maine
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Town
Website: www.bowdoin.edu/

- Waterville, Maine
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Town
Website: www.colby.edu/

- Bar Harbor, Maine
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Town
Website: www.coa.edu/

- Bangor, Maine
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Small City
Website: www.husson.edu/


Saint Joseph’s College of Maine
- Standish, Maine
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Rural
Website: www.sjcme.edu/

- Waterville, Maine
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Rural
Website: www.thomas.edu/




University of Maine at Farmington
- Farmington, Maine
- 4-year, Public
- Setting: Town
Website: www.umf.maine.edu/

University of Maine at Fort Kent
- Fort Kent, Maine
- 4-year, Public
- Setting: Rural
Website: www.umfk.edu/


University of Maine at Presque Isle
- Presque Isle, Maine
- 4-year, Public
- Setting: Rural
Website: www.umpi.edu/

- Biddeford, Maine
- 4-year, Private not-for-profit
- Setting: Suburb
Website: www.une.edu/

- Portland, Maine
- 4-year, Public
- Setting: Small City
Website: usm.maine.edu/
The data on this website is sourced as public domain data from the most recent survey year of the National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator tool. That tool can be found at this link: https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/. MyCollegeSelection encourages students to explore multiple resources is part of the research process in selecting the college of their dreams.