Nursing at University of Maine

What traits are you looking for in a nursing school? To help you decide if University of Maine is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's nursing program.

UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and has a total student population of 11,741.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

UMaine Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Nursing

UMaine Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at UMaine is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Nursing Student Demographics at UMaine

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at University of Maine.

UMaine Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

About 87% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at UMaine are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maine with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	61
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UMaine Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from UMaine, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Maine with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Nursing

If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Maine. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	90

Related Majors

• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Allied Health Professions
• Communication Sciences

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for ME, the home state for University of Maine.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Registered Nurses	14,460	$67,610
Medical and Health Services Managers	2,000	$93,100
Nurse Practitioners	1,240	$103,220
Nursing Instructors and Professors	310	$60,810
Nurse Anesthetists	290	$170,300

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jalnet2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.