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The Landing School

Arundel, Maine Private nonprofit 2-year Rural area

Overview

The Landing School is a private nonprofit two-year institution based in Arundel, Maine. The campus sits in a rural area. It enrolled 32 students in fall 2024.

The Landing School offers certificates and associate degrees across 5 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Marine Maintenance/Fitter and Ship Repair Technology/Technician, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, and Plastics and Polymer Engineering Technology/Technician. It awarded 37 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 100% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 5 to 1.

Mission

The Landing School effectively prepares men and women for careers in the marine industry as practical designers, builders and systems technicians who work professionally on today's vessels, adapt to the industry's evolving technology and appreciate the traditions of the past while imagining and building the boats of the future.

Mission statement as reported by The Landing School

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
32
Students enrolled
100%
First-year retention
37
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
5
Programs and majors
5:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 5

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Mechanic and Repair Technologies 1
Engineering 1
Engineering Technologies 1
Transportation and Materials Moving 1
Precision Production 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
100%
Student-to-faculty ratio
5:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
6
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
31

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
32
Undergraduates, fall 2024
32
Full-time, fall 2024
100%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
32
Full-time, 2024-25
100%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
6%
Men
94%
White
78%
Hispanic or Latino
3%
Two or more races
6%
International (U.S. nonresident)
9%
Race or ethnicity unknown
3%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
0%

Campus and services

Setting
Rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions
President
John Caron
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Job placement for graduates
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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