First-Year Students (Freshmen)

Apply Free to the University of Maine at Farmington!

Key Dates for Fall 2026 Admission

  • Early Action – application by December 1
  • Regular Decision Rolling – recommended application by February 15

Step-by-Step Guide to Applying to UMF

  • Complete your Application for Admission, including the essay.
  • Ask your high school to mail us your official high school transcript.
  • Have your guidance counselor or a teacher include a recommendation(s).
  • Fill out the information and sign the front page of the Request for Academic Records form, which is part of the application, and then submit it to your guidance counselor.
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What You Need to Get Into UMF

UMF wants you to take a solid, challenging high school curriculum—like AP and honors classes—to get ready for college.

Besides your grades and classes, UMF looks at your essay, teacher recommendations, and activities outside school.

  • You don’t have to submit SAT or ACT scores, but if you do, they’ll consider them. You can also choose not to send your scores.

If you want to major in Creative Writing, you’ll need to submit 12-14 pages of your writing samples.

Home-schooled students are welcome too, but may need to submit a HiSET test score.

UMF wants to see that you’re ready and able to succeed based on your classes, grades, and achievements!

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Farmington Is Family Tuition Discount

The University of Maine at Farmington’s Farmington is Family tuition discount helps make college more affordable for out-of-state students with UMF roots. Children and grandchildren of UMF graduates can attend Farmington at Maine’s in-state tuition rate, saving more than $13,000 per year for all four years of study.

In addition to this tuition discount, eligible students may also receive Maine in-state academic merit scholarships and need-based scholarships. The program is available to all incoming, returning, and transfer students who have at least one parent or grandparent who earned a degree from UMF.

Farmington Fellows Scholarship

If you live in a place called Farmington—like in New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, or anywhere else in the U.S.—you can go to UMaine Farmington and pay the low in-state Maine tuition (just $9,480 for 2025–2026).

You’ll also get:

  • Maine resident merit scholarships

  • Free round-trip travel each year from your Farmington to UMF

It’s UMF’s way of welcoming you from your Farmington to ours. Want in? Just reach out to learn more!

Be Home at Farmington

UMF’s Be Home at UMF program gives Franklin County high school graduates (and home-schooled students) free on-campus housing for their first year — a $5,722 savings. Local students can live on campus, gain independence, and enjoy the full college experience without having to move far from home.

With residence hall events, clubs, athletics, performances, outdoor adventures, and trips to major cities, UMF offers a vibrant academic and social life right in your own backyard — making it easy to start strong close to home.

Contact Us

Office of Admissions
University of Maine at Farmington
246 Main Street
Farmington, Maine USA 04938-1994
tel  207-778-7050
fax  207-778-8182
TYY (via Maine Relay Service) dial 711
umfadmit@maine.edu