About Central Maine Community College
Located in a small city, Central Maine Community College is a public college in Auburn, Maine, with about 2,950 undergraduate students, and about 43% of them attend part time. The federal student-to-faculty ratio is about 20 to 1.
Nursing programs at Central Maine Community College
According to federal completion records, Central Maine Community College awards nursing credentials at the associate degree in nursing (ADN) level. A recent year’s totals include about 33 associate-degree nursing graduates. Programs at this level are the faster, lower-cost way into the profession: an ADN typically takes about two years once prerequisites are done, and many graduates later add a bachelor’s through an RN-to-BSN program. That is a relatively small annual graduating class, so ask how many seats open each year.
Cost and student outcomes
Published tuition and fees are about $4,100 a year for in-state students and $7,000 for out-of-state students. The average net price (what students receiving federal aid pay after grants and scholarships) is about $5,400 a year. About 34% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants. Students who finish the associate level and borrow leave with median federal loan debt of about $18,400. Federal earnings data puts median pay for those associate-level nursing graduates at roughly $72,300 one year after finishing and $76,400 four years out. These are estimates for graduates with reported earnings, not a promise. Schoolwide, about 31% of first-time, full-time students finish within 150% of normal time and 57% return for a second year.
Applying and licensure
The federal data does not report an overall admission rate for this school, which is typical of open-access colleges. Nursing programs usually add their own steps, such as prerequisite science courses, an entrance exam, a minimum GPA, and a limited number of seats, so contact the nursing department about current requirements. Our guide on how to get into nursing school walks through the typical process. After graduation, the path to a license goes through the state board of nursing in Maine and the NCLEX exam. Ask the program about its accreditation (ACEN or CCNE) and state approval, and see how it stacks up against other nursing schools in Maine.
Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and can change. Confirm current details with the school.