Unity Environmental University
Unity Environmental University is a private nonprofit university in New Gloucester, ME, with about 174 students on campus and 6,185 more studying only online. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too.
Unity Environmental University, in brief
Most of Unity Environmental University’s students study online
About 6,185 students take classes only online, against 174 on campus. Price, graduation and earnings figures on this page count online students too, so they describe the online college as much as the campus. The students ↓
Little price break for lower-income families
Families earning under $30,000 pay about $18,370 a year after grants, only $3,561 less than the $21,931 paid by families over $110,000. What it costs ↓
Fewer first-year students return than at most colleges
Only 36% of full-time first-year students return for a second year, fewer than at 98% of 4-year colleges. Outcomes ↓
Many students are adults coming back to school
58% of undergraduates are 25 or older. Graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students, so they leave many of these students out. The students ↓
Unity Environmental University is very small
About 174 students attend on campus. With classes this small, a handful of students can move the graduation rate from one year to the next. The students ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; price, graduation and earnings include online students; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students; at a college this small, rates can swing from year to year.
The students
6,483 degree-seeking undergraduates.
By race and ethnicity
Women and men
How hard is it to get into Unity Environmental University?
anyone with a high school diploma can enroll
Test scores of admitted students
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Unity Environmental University is likely test-optional.
The sticker price, and what families really pay
Sticker price: $21,931 a year
Before any grants
After grants, the average family on aid pays $19,104.
Your family’s price
Average net price after grants, by family income
About $80,316 over 4 years · 8% off the sticker price
Do students finish, and does it pay off?
Debt vs. the paycheck
The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting
$265 a month against about $2,642 a month in pay.
Paying back loans
Federal student loans, this college
of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 85% of U.S. colleges.
Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).
Earnings by family background
Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment
What students study, and what it pays
Share of degrees by field
Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates
And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).
Living in New Gloucester
3% of New Gloucester’s 5,964 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ New Gloucester pages.
Other colleges within 30 miles
Straight-line distances from Unity Environmental University; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.
Ask around
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.