UNE Facts

The University of New England, a clean, environmentally friendly, non-profit institution:

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Enrollments at the University of New England in October 2008 totaled 4,267 degree and credit seeking students.

This included 1.998 full-time undergraduates, 115 part-time undergraduates, 504 medical students, 967 full-time graduate students, and 347 part-time graduate students, as well as 336 students enrolled in courses as non-degree students.

In addition, 300 students were enrolled in  UNE's accredited nursing program at its international branch campus in Israel though its association with Israel College.

About 40 medical students each year volunteer hundreds of hours at the Biddeford Free Clinic.
• U.S. News & World Report  has recognized UNE as one of the “Best Universities” in the North that offer “a full range of undergraduate and master’s programs." The College of Osteopathic Medicine is recognized for its educational excellence in primary care, geriatrics and osteopathic manipulative medicine.
 
• UNE educates more Maine students in the health professions than any other institution in the state.
 
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The University of New England includes Maine's only:

  • Master of science-physician assistant program.
  • Master of science-nurse anesthesia program.
  • Post-baccalaureate certificate program in gerontology and addictions counseling.
 
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UNE's College of Osteopathic Medicine:  According to the Nov. 2008 issue of Academic Medicine Journal:

  • UNECOM graduates comprise 9 percent of Maine physicians, 15 percent of Maine primary care physicians, and 24 percent of Maine physicians serving in rural areas.
  • Of the 310 UNECOM graduates practicing in Maine, 68 percent are primary care physicians, as opposed to 32 percent of M.D.s and 44 percent of non-UNECOM graduate D.O.s.
  • For the six New England states, 69 percent of UNECOM’s 723 graduates are practicing primary care.
  • Of a more recent cohort of 662 UNECOM graduates who have been out of residency training for at least two years (1996-2002), 71 percent are practicing in primary care in New England, with 17 percent of them serving in medically underserved areas.
     
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 UNE is one of the largest 100 businesses in Maine, with an operating budget of more than $100 million a year and a quarter century of continuous growth.

  • The University of New England in November 2008 employed 857 faculty and staff at its Portland and Biddeford campuses, with payroll and benefits amounting to nearly $52 million a year.
  • Collectively, UNE’s direct sales impact (FY 2007-08) on the Maine economy amounts to over $120 million.  These sales support over 1,000 Maine jobs and provide income of over $60 million to the Maine households who hold these jobs, with average annual salaries of $63,000.
  • UNE’s total sales impact on Maine’s economy amounts to nearly $235 million, supports nearly 1,900 jobs that provide over $100 million in income to Maine households, and generate over $10 million in annual revenue for Maine state and local
    governments.
     
  • According to lists published in Mainebiz magazine in 2008, the University of New England is the 5th largest college/university in Maine (based on 2007 undergrad enrollment only) and  the 14th largest nonprofit organization in Maine (based on 2006 data).
     
  • The University brings in more than half of its revenues from out of state and from the federal government. UNE’s students from outside of the state contribute about $20 million annually in consumer spending, beyond tuition, board and fees.
     
  • The University Campus entices more than 21,000 visitors to Biddeford each year.
     
  • UNE students, faculty and staff contribute thousands of hours of community service each year through the volunteer work and service learning.
     
  • The University contributes to the intellectual and cultural life of the community through dozens of events and programs each year open to the community.
UNE dental hygiene students provide low cost health services to more than 5,000 patients each year.
     
     
     
  • UNE is one of 24 members of the Maine Marine Research Coalition (MMRC), formed to strengthen Maine's capacity to conduct cutting-edge marine research, increase collaboration and interaction among marine-based research institutions throughout the state, and increase the visibility of marine-related industries state wide.
     
  • The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine is one of six members of the Maine Biomedical Research Coalition, created to foster biomedical research in Maine as an important part of the current and future Maine economy.

The six institutions are conducting research on every major disease, including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, Alzheimer's disease, cystic fibrosis, and glaucoma. The result will be better health and long-term economic benefits to the region.
     
  • The University of New England's University Health Care has eight medical clinics in Southern Maine located in Portland, Saco and Biddeford. These clinics serve more than 30,000 patients a year.
     
  • The Dental Hygiene Clinic, a learning laboratory for students in the Dental Hygiene Program at the Westbrook College Campus in Portland, provides low-cost oral health services to more than 5,000 Portland-area residents each year.
     
  • It is estimated that in FY 2008, UNE students volunteered approximatedly 10,000 hours of community service to more than 150 community agencies, organizations and many schools in a multitude of school districts. Many of these hours were  part of the University's senior-year Core Curriculum Citizenship Seminar requirement.
     
  • The Division on Aging also has received a major federal grant to establish a state-wide Maine Geriatric Education Center that will focus on medically underserved minorities.
     
  • The $8 million Marine Science and Research Center is the only facility of its kind on any university campus, giving researchers a unique opportunity to create important new knowledge in marine science, the environment and human health. This facility truly provides a window to the sea.
     
  • The University receives grants from a number of prestigious national sources including NASA, National Science Foundation, US Department of Health and Human Services,  the National Institutes of Health, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. One of UNE's capital campaigns received $750,000 in a challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation, one of the most prestigious charitable foundations in the nation with some of the most rigorous standards in the nation.
     
  • In 1995, UNE formed an alliance with Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in West Boothbay Harbor, Maine, an internationally recognized research laboratory, to provide exciting research and educational opportunities for UNE students and faculty members.
     
  • The Maine Women Writers Collection, Abplanalp Library, Westbrook College Campus of the University of New England, is a pre-eminent special collection of published and non-published literary, cultural and social history sources, by and about women authors, either native or residents of Maine. The Maine Women Writers Collection was dedicated as a national Literary Landmark on June 20, 1998, by the Friends of Libraries USA.
     
  • The University of New England has the only accredited nursing program in the nation with an international branch campus though its association with Israel College. The Israel Branch Campus RN-BSN program is an international program developed to educate non-traditional students from Israel who are currently licensed and practicing registered nurses seeking baccalaureate preparation in nursing.
     

   
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