Best private colleges in Maine

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- Location: Bar Harbor, ME
- Acceptance rate: 61%
- Net price: $19,142
- SAT range: Not available
- Niche grade:  B-
#9. College of the Atlantic
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- Location: Biddeford, ME
- Acceptance rate: 90%
- Net price: $36,261
- SAT range: 1040-1230
- Niche grade:  B-
#5. University of New England
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- Location: Bangor, ME
- Acceptance rate: 86%
- Net price: $20,197
- SAT range: 960-1140
- Niche grade:  B
#4. Husson University
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- Location: Lewiston, ME
- Acceptance rate: 17%
- Net price: $26,231
- SAT range: 1385-1460
- Niche grade:  A
#3. Bates College
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- Location: Waterville, ME
- Acceptance rate: 9%
- Net price: $17,912
- SAT range: 1400-1530
- Niche grade:  A
#2. Colby College
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- Location: Brunswick, ME
- Acceptance rate: 9%
- Net price: $26,727
- SAT range: 1360-1510
- Niche grade:  A+

This story features data reporting and writing by Emma Rubin, additional writing by Lauren Liebhaber, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 46 states.

#1. Bowdoin College
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