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College of the Atlantic

College of the Atlantic
105 Eden Street
Bar Harbor, ME 4609


Fax number: (207) 288-4126
Website: https://www.coa.edu/
Screen last updated on: January 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: trimester system (three terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 74%
Student:Faculty ratio: 10:1
Total faculty: 24 men, 28 women
Full-time faculty: 11 men, 15 women
Part-time faculty: 13 men, 13 women
Graduation rate: 58% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, independent study, internships, external degree program
Cooperative programs are offered: yes
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields, Other
  • Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects
  • Art/Art Studies, General
  • Biological and Physical Sciences
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Ceramic Arts and Ceramics
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer Graphics
  • Creative Writing
  • Drawing
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Environmental Biology
  • Environmental Design/Architecture
  • Environmental Education
  • Environmental Studies
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General
  • Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other
  • Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Legal Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
  • Maritime Studies
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Museology/Museum Studies
  • Music, General
  • Natural Sciences
  • Oceanography, Chemical and Physical
  • Philosophy
  • Pre-Veterinary Studies
  • Psychology, General
  • Public Policy Analysis, General
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
  • Secondary Education and Teaching
  • Wildlife Biology
  • Zoology/Animal Biology
Master's Degrees

  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for DANTES
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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