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*Recommended by Guide to Colleges for Mothers 5713 Chadbourne Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5713 Phone 207 581 1561 Financial aid phone: 207 581 1324 um-admit@maine.maine.edu Web: maine.edu Tuition and fees: $6,910 Out of state $17,050 (2008) enrollment: 8,496 in state 1,804 graduates Scholarships: Department of Wildlife Ecology has 35 awards of $1,000 or maore 30-40 Edward and Grace Cutting Award of $2,000 The Manuel J. and Estelle S. Carvalho Scholarship $6,000 scholarship award renewable for a total of $24,000 over four years. Must be a resident of the Greater Fall River, Massachusetts area with demonstrated financial need. Qualified applicants who are graduates of BMC Durfee High School receive preference as do students interested in the health sciences or mechanical engineering. Recipients must fill out the Carvalho application form and file a 2008-09 FAFSA. Application Deadline: March TOP SCHOLAR AWARDS for Seniors from Maine high schools. Award Amount: $7,200. Students are in the top of their high school class. PRESIDENTIAL DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARDS For Maine high school graduates in the top 10% of their classes, with a minimum combined SAT critical reading and mathematics score of 1250. Award Amount: $2,500 per academic year- may be renewed for up to seven semesters. PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS AWARD Eligibility: Nonresidents who minimally rank in the top 10% of their graduating classes and have minimum combined SAT critical reading and mathematics score of 1250. Award Amount: $10,000 per academic year. DEAN'S SCHOLAR AWARD Eligibility: Nonresidents who rank in the top 40% of their graduating classes and have minimum combined SAT critical reading and mathematics score of 1100. Award Amount: $5,000 per academic year. NATIONAL MERIT FINALISTS and OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC STUDENTS AWARD Eligibility: National Merit Scholarship Finalists. Award Amount: Maine residents - $7,200, NATIONAL MERIT STIPEND Eligibility: National Merit Scholarship Finalists who identify UMaine as their first choice with the National Merit Scholarship Foundation. Award Amount: from $1,000 to $2,000 per academic year. DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARDS Awards of $2,000 per academic year. Students are at least in the top 2% of their high school class. DISTINGUISHED STUDENT AWARDS diversity-culturally, personally, or through achievement in the visual and performing arts in addition to having an outstanding academic record. Award Amount: Ranging from $2,000 to $8,000 per academic year, renewable for up to seven semesters. HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS Award Amount: $500 per academic year. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE TEXTBOOK SCHOLARSHIPS One-time, first-year awards of up to $500. TRANSFER SCHOLARSHIPS Eligibility: Students who transfer to the University of Maine with an exceptional academic record from their prior college or university as measured by the cumulative grade point average of all prior college course work. Award Amount: One-time, $1000 award. Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship Students who transfer to the University of Maine with an exceptional academic record from their prior college as measured by the cumulative grade point average of all prior college course work and who held membership in Phi Theta Kappa at a community college. Award Amount: One-time, $1000 award. Maine Community College Scholarship Eligibility: transfer students from one of Maine's Community Colleges with an exceptional academic record. One for each of Maine's seven Community Colleges. Award Amount: One-time, $1000 award. UMaine Transfer Scholarship Award amount: One time $1,000 award.  Housing: Ray Moreau 207 581 4579 Family housing 48 1-bedroom $434/mo (max 3 family members) 46 2-bedroom $508/mo (max 4 family members) 22 3-bedroom (max 6 or fewer family members) Heat, hot water, cable, local phone provided Meal plan: $1430 per semester Child Care: Child Study Center 207 581 4076 Preschool 3-5 year olds $100/week Children's Center: 6 weeks-6 years $115/week Priority for fee slots goes to the U of M students and employees Priority for subsidized slots are referred by Dept of Human Services, Penobscot Nation and Passamaquoddy Tribes / back to map |
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246 Main Street Farmington, ME 04938 Phone: 207 778 7050 Financial aid phone 207 778 7100 web: http://www.farmington.edu Tuition: $5,824 in state $13,536 out of state Scholarships: see financial aid office Several tuition waivers and Presidential awards of $3,000 George Mitchell tuition awards Native American tuition waivers Academic Recognition awards of $4,500  Housing:It is not mandatory for new students to live on campus 1 bedroom: $400-600/month 2 bedroom: $500-900/month Financial aid has one of the most successful programs in Maine. Last year, students received aid packages averaging $8,114 per student Financial aid office: 307 778 7100 email: umfaid@maine.edu web: http://www.financialaid.umf.maine.edu back to map |
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46 University Drive Augusta, ME 04330 Phone: 877-UMA-1234 web: http://www.uma.edu No on campus housing Tuition: $157 per credit hour in state $380 per credit hour out of state back to map |
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