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University of Maine at Machias

University of Maine at Machias
116 O'Brien Avenue
Machias, ME 4654

Official telephone: (207) 255-1200
Fax number: (207) 255-1363
Website: https://machias.edu/
Screen last updated on: September 2025
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 67%
Student:Faculty ratio: 14:1
Total faculty: 17 men, 21 women
Full-time faculty: 9 men, 7 women
Part-time faculty: 8 men, 14 women
Graduation rate: 27% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, internships, distance learning, external degree program
Cooperative programs are offered: no

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Biology Teacher Education
  • Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education
  • Ecology
  • English/Language Arts Teacher Education
  • Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations, Other
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Environmental Education
  • History Teacher Education
  • History, General
  • Hotel/Motel Administration/Management
  • Human Services, General
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Music, General
  • Office Management and Supervision
  • Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management, General
  • Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies
  • Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
  • Psychology, General
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
  • Social Science Teacher Education
  • Tourism and Travel Services Management
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Anthropology, Other
  • Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Art Teacher Education
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biology Teacher Education
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education
  • Business/Managerial Economics
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
  • Communication Sciences and Disorders, General
  • Communication, General
  • Community Psychology
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Science
  • Construction Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Ecology
  • Economics, General
  • Economics, Other
  • Education, General
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Engineering Physics/Applied Physics
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, General
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English/Language Arts Teacher Education
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Environmental Education
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental Studies
  • Finance, General
  • Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • Forest Resources Production and Management
  • Forestry, General
  • French Language and Literature
  • General Studies
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • History Teacher Education
  • History, General
  • Hotel/Motel Administration/Management
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Services, General
  • International Relations and Affairs
  • Journalism
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Management Information Systems, General
  • Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
  • Marine Sciences
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Mass Communication/Media Studies
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanical/Mechanical Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Microbiology, General
  • Molecular Biology
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Music Performance, General
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Music, General
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Office Management and Supervision
  • Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management, General
  • Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
  • Pre-Nursing Studies
  • Psychology, General
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
  • Secondary Education and Teaching
  • Social Science Teacher Education
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Sport and Fitness Administration/Management
  • Statistics, General
  • Surveying Engineering
  • Surveying Technology/Surveying
  • Tourism and Travel Services Management
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General
  • Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management
  • Women's Studies
  • Work and Family Studies
  • Zoology/Animal Biology

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP general
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for DANTES

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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