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Maine: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 41	1,328,361	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	5.2%	6.5%
5 to 14	11.5%	13.3%
15 to 19	6.6%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.0%	7.0%
25 to 44	23.8%	26.6%
45 to 64	30.9%	26.4%
65 and older	15.9%	13.0%

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DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 41	1,328,361	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	5.2%	6.5%
5 to 14	11.5%	13.3%
15 to 19	6.6%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.0%	7.0%
25 to 44	23.8%	26.6%
45 to 64	30.9%	26.4%
65 and older	15.9%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	0.6%	0.9%
Asian	1.0%	4.8%
Black	1.2%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
White	95.2%	72.4%
More than one race	1.6%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	1.3%	16.3%
Other	0.3%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	3.7%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	6.5%	8.7%
High-school diploma	35.1%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	19.3%	20.6%
Associate degree	8.9%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	17.2%	17.6%
Master’s degree	6.6%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	1.0%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.7%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	7.3%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 32	$37,973	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	12.9%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	12,790	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	-15.5%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	2,258	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$8,876	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$3,334	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$26,092	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$270,802,839	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	-2.1%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$15,230,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	n/a	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	$2,037,000	$1,813,221,000
Total	$17,268,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$137,516,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	-12.3%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	48.2%	61.2%
State and local governments	16.1%	6.3%
Industry	2.9%	5.2%
Nonprofit	3.3%	6.1%
Institution itself	27.5%	19.4%
Other	1.9%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	19.2%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	16.4%	4.9%
Life sciences	34.1%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	1.6%	3.7%
Physical sciences	4.5%	7.6%
Psychology	1.2%	1.8%
Social sciences	4.7%	3.3%
Other sciences	4.7%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	13.6%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
Bowdoin College	$904,215,000
Top fund raisers:
Bowdoin College	$34,353,573
Colby College	$28,471,899
University of Maine	$18,850,252

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$96,898	$112,647
Associate professor	$74,437	$78,804
Assistant professor	$62,298	$67,236
All	$77,773	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	n/a	$87,677
Associate professor	n/a	$70,215
Assistant professor	n/a	$59,511
All	n/a	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	$79,432	$133,973
Associate professor	$65,809	$86,108
Assistant professor	$57,494	$72,242
All	$60,240	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	$64,561	$82,002
Associate professor	$53,125	$66,466
Assistant professor	$46,609	$55,352
All	$51,016	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	$57,587	$61,039
Private nonprofit	$87,563	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$53,825	$62,301
Private nonprofit	$61,382	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	64,178	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	8,807	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	33,644	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	17,838	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	19,268	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	310	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	n/a	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	1,925	430,177
Total	72,985	21,016,126
Public institutions	71%	72%
4-year institutions	72%	63%
2-year institutions	28%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	2,718	849,452
Bachelor’s	7,088	1,650,014
Master’s	1,829	693,025
Doctorate	348	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 70% of all freshmen enrolled in Maine in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 66% of all Maine residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	48.5%	56.0%
Men	48.5%	53.0%
Women	48.6%	58.5%
American Indian	38.5%	37.0%
Asian	47.9%	66.3%
Black	28.6%	38.3%
Hispanic	25.9%	47.8%
White	50.2%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	961	196,374
Asian	1,371	1,218,118
Black	1,951	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	73	64,046
Hispanic	1,549	2,741,448
White	64,986	12,722,549
Foreign	1,283	709,565
Two or more races	811	325,275
Total	72,985	21,016,126
Women	58.5%	57.0%
Minority	9.2%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	6.1%	28.4%
Foreign	1.8%	3.4%
Full-time	63.1%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 1391 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 93% of Maine’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	8	678
Public 2-year institutions	7	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	12	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	3	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	0	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	2	664
Total	32	4,599
Institution censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
Husson University
Institution under NCAA sanctions:
University of New England