- The Inkwell
- Maine
- College of the Atlantic
Bar Harbor, MERural: remoteZIP 04609Founded 1969
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1969
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1973
- Website
- www.coa.edu
MainePrivate nonprofit
College of the Atlantic
College of the Atlantic is a private nonprofit college in Bar Harbor, Maine, with 353 undergraduates. It admits 70% of applicants, graduates 73% within six years and costs $24,465 a year after aid.
73%graduate
Admission rate70%
Retention85%
4-year graduation58%
Pell Grant share36%
Federal loans50%
$24,465net price / year
70%admission rate
1370average SAT
73%graduate in 6 years
$47,967median earnings, 10 yrs
$21,500median debt
#1,345 of 1,704 for earnings#1,192 of 1,739 for lowest net price#297 of 1,738 for graduation rate#571 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $60,387tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $49,464
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $49,464
- Average net price
- $24,465national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$15,931
$30,001–48,000$13,686
$48,001–75,000$19,171
$75,001–110,000$17,904
$110,001+$34,575
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 70%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1370
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 660–730
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 580–700
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college70%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college85%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college73%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college36%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 73%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 58%
- First-year retention
- 85%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 72%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $29,180
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $47,967middle 50%: $25,854–$70,766
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$70,766
Median, College of the Atlantic$47,967
Lower quarter$25,854
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 353
- Part-time
- 2.8%
- Women / men
- 72% / 28%
- Average age at entry
- 20.2
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 36%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,002 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $18,162
- Endowment, end of year
- $84,444,621
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White69%
Hispanic4.2%
Black0.6%
Asian1.1%
Two or more races2.3%
U.S. nonresident22%
Unknown1.7%
1 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Liberal arts & humanities100%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 160959. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5146880.