New Gloucester, Maine · Private nonprofit · 4-year · Rural area
Overview
Unity Environmental University is a private nonprofit four-year institution in New Gloucester, Maine. Its campus is in a rural area. It enrolled 7,165 students in fall 2024, including 6,507 undergraduates and 658 graduate students.
Unity Environmental University offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 29 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography, Animal Sciences, Other, and Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management. It awarded 777 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 26 of its programs can be completed entirely online.
The school has an open admission policy. 36% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 36 to 1.
Key figures
Open
Admission policy
7,165
Students enrolled
36%
First-year retention
777
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
29
Programs and majors
36:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusOnlineHybrid
Program levels
CertificateAssociateBachelorMaster
Programs and majors offered 29
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
36%
First-year retention, part-time students
33%
Student-to-faculty ratio
36:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Bachelor's degrees
471
Master's degrees
306
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
7,165
Undergraduates, fall 2024
6,507
Graduate students, fall 2024
658
Full-time, fall 2024
91%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
10,390
Undergraduates, 2024-25
9,452
Graduate students, 2024-25
938
Full-time, 2024-25
92%
Size category
5,000 to 9,999 students
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Women
76%
Men
24%
White
69%
Hispanic or Latino
13%
Black or African American
8%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
5%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
4%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
Programs that can be completed fully online
26
Programs with a fully online option
3
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
99%
Students taking some online courses
1%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes
Campus and services
Setting
Rural area
Academic calendar
Other academic year
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
President & CEO
Dr. Melik Peter Khoury
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Undergraduate research, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact