Federal enrolment data · Fall 2023 · Maine
Online colleges in Maine
Across the 24 Maine colleges the federal government holds distance-education figures for, 26,043 students (37%) were enrolled entirely at a distance in Fall 2023, and 61% took at least one distance course. 14 of those colleges enrol at least a quarter of their students that way; they are listed below, largest online intake first.
Colleges with federal figures
24
In Maine
Students studying entirely online
26,043
37% of the 69,980 enrolled at those colleges
Took at least one distance course
61%
Fully online plus part-distance study
Colleges on the list below
14
At least 25% of students studying entirely online AND at least 50 of them. CampusPin thresholds, not federal categories.
Why your state still matters for online study
Distance study has no postcode, but the price and the paperwork do. Most public institutions charge residents less than non-residents, including for online courses at many of them, and states authorise which out-of-state institutions may enrol their residents at all. Starting from the colleges in Maine is therefore usually starting from the cheaper and simpler end, which is the only sense in which an online college is “in” a state.
Maine colleges where students actually study online
Every Maine college where at least 25% of students were enrolled entirely at a distance and at least 50students did so, ordered by how many. Share alone would let a twenty-student campus open the list ahead of a community college teaching thousands at a distance. It is a measurement of enrolment, not a ranking, and nobody paid to be on it.
6,185 of 6,359 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 174 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $11,280 in-state.
2,783 of 6,473 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 160 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $42,550 in-state.
2,616 of 4,323 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 656 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $8,618 in-state / $21,548 out-of-state.
1,194 of 4,121 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,033 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,864 in-state / $6,744 out-of-state.
1,167 of 2,187 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 326 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $8,990 in-state / $14,270 out-of-state.
856 of 2,381 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 516 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,562 in-state / $6,442 out-of-state.
816 of 3,133 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,109 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $22,194 in-state.
796 of 1,782 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 326 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,866 in-state / $6,746 out-of-state.
753 of 1,463 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 42 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $42,834 in-state.
555 of 1,406 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 595 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $9,045 in-state / $14,325 out-of-state.
294 of 520 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 208 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $22,373 in-state.
281 of 685 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 127 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,687 in-state / $6,567 out-of-state.
265 of 772 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 299 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,880 in-state / $6,760 out-of-state.
93 of 93 students enrolled entirely at a distance · private · published tuition $22,373 in-state.
Tuition shown is the published institution-wide rate, not the price of an online programme. Many colleges price online study on a separate schedule, and some charge a single rate regardless of where the student lives, so treat them as headline figures for the institution and confirm the online rate with the institution.
What this list is not
- It is not the complete set of your options. It counts students, not programmes. A college below the threshold may run an excellent online degree that few students happened to take exclusively that term, and residents of Maine can enrol with institutions anywhere.
- It is not a ranking. A high share describes how an institution enrols, not how good it is. Some of the largest shares belong to institutions worth reading carefully before applying, which is why every row links to the full profile with cost, debt and graduation figures.
- It is one term. These are Fall 2023 enrolments, on the federal reporting cycle.
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Source & methodology
Enrolment figures are from the U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Fall Enrollment (distance education status), Fall 2023. Published tuition and control are from CampusPin's committed institution snapshot. Federal data is public domain; credit the U.S. Department of Education.
Distance-education figures count STUDENTS enrolled in Fall 2023, not programs on offer. "Exclusively at a distance" means a student took only distance courses that term. A college with few or no such students may still run online courses or an online degree, so a low figure is not evidence that online study is unavailable, and a high one is not a judgement of quality either way.
Suggested citation
CampusPin. (2026). Online study at Maine colleges. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/online-colleges-in/maine
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