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YourPace is a personalized learning model developed by faculty who understand the challenges busy adults face when balancing work, family, and school. UMPI offers a range of Bachelor’s degrees and a Master’s degree. Delivered on a digital platform, our competency-based online programs are designed to leverage your previous knowledge and experience as you complete course modules aligned with a list of competencies. You advance to the next course module by demonstrating your mastery of the content—giving you the ability to earn your degree on your time, at your pace.
Tuition is a flat rate per 8-week session no matter how many courses you complete. Plus, with no weekly course deadlines, you control the speed of completing your program.
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Graduate Admissions:
- The University requirement for admission to any master’s degree program is the demonstration of the completion of a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution or from a recognized foreign institution. Admission may be granted to students in the final term of their undergraduate degree. Matriculation into the program will be granted upon receipt of their officially conferred degree. Once matriculated, students will be eligible to enroll in classes.
- Applicants must submit an official transcript from the college or university from which their bachelor’s degree or equivalency was granted, excluding the University of Maine System (UMS) campuses. (UMS transcripts are accessible to UMPI.)
- Official transcripts from any institution at which you have earned graduate credit are required for credit transfer evaluation. A maximum of six credits can be applied to graduate programs. Applicants may transfer graduate-level credit, if credits meet the following requirements and have been determined to be equivalent to a degree requirement course:
- Graduate credits previously earned at other institutionally accredited colleges or universities;
- Courses have been evaluated, and recommended for graduate credit, by American Council on Education (ACE), and/or military service schools that have been evaluated by the ACE Office of Educational Credit and Credentials and recommended for graduate credit.
- Applicants whose GPAs are less than 3.0 (or are not listed on their transcript) are required to submit a personal statement. The personal statement (not to exceed 500 words) should reflect the applicant’s ability to write at the graduate level, with attention to appropriate grammar, spelling, form, and structure in preparing the statement. Applicants are asked to respond to the following:
- Explain how you will ensure your academic success in this graduate program and overcome challenges you may have experienced with your undergraduate program of studies.
International students are eligible to apply and enroll; however, an I-20 will NOT be provided as this is a fully online degree program. In addition to the standard admissions requirements, international students must also meet the additional requirements specific to international applicants.
Additional Requirements for International Students
- College transcripts will only be accepted and reviewed if they are provided through an evaluation service and sent directly from the provider to the institution.
- English proficiency score** (taken within the last 2 years OR English language waiver***)
*The evaluation agency must be a member of NACES or AICE. Unofficial copies cannot be accepted.
**English Language Proficiency tests from the following services will be accepted:
- TOEFL (including the TOEFL iBT Special Home Edition): Minimum score of 79 (iBT) or 550 (paper-based test)
- TOEFL Essentials: Minimum score of 8.5
- IELTS (including the IELTS Indicator online test): Minimum score of 6.5.
- PTE (Pearson Test of English): Minimum score of 53
- CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages): Completed level C1 Advanced (Certificate of Advanced English)
- DET (Duolingo English Test): Minimum score of 105.
***English proficiency test scores are waived only if at least one of the following is met:
- Native speaker of English with a permanent address from one of the following countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Belize, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guernsey, Guyana, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jamaica, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, New Zealand, Pitcairn Islands, Puerto Rico, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, United Kingdom, U.S. Virgin Islands, United States.
- Waiver will not be granted if the student’s entire academic history (high school and college) is from a country which is not exempted.
- High school transcript clearly states that English is the language of instruction for all subjects.
- Student studying in-person within the U.S., Canada or England for two or more years and not in an ESL (English as a second language) track.
All waivers are processed during business hours in the order they arrive. When waivers are approved, your Admissions Specialist will update your checklist in MaineStreet. Additional information may be requested.
How to Submit Documents
Transcripts are only considered official if they are sent directly to UMPI from the granting institution or their electronic ordering service. Student-submitted transcripts cannot be accepted.
Institutions and third-party vendors may submit official documents such as official transcripts, official letters, and English proficiency exam score reports to:
- Electronically: edocs@maine.edu
- Physical mail to the following address:
Application Processing Center
PO Box 412
Bangor, ME 04402-0412
Resumes may be submitted directly by the student. They can be sent to edocs@maine.edu or umpi-yourpace@maine.edu and will be uploaded to the applicant’s file upon receipt.