Sustainable Agriculture at University of Maine

Programme overview

B.S. preparing students for ecologically based agriculture in production, research and education. It emphasises soil health through crop rotations, erosion management, water quality protection, integrated pest and weed management, and farm profitability.

Faculty: College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences | Study mode: full-time | Location: Orono, ME, United States

What you will study

Hands-on field experience, a capstone service-learning class, and courses held at the Roger Clapp Greenhouses and the Rogers Farm Forage and Crop Research Facility.

Career pathways

Organic or sustainable farm manager, self-employed market farmer, research technician, sales and marketing for food retailers, educational outreach, community nonprofit staff, natural resource management and research.

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Application information

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Entry terms: Fall and Spring. Fall deadlines are Early Action December 1 and Regular March 1 (rolling review after March 1); Spring applications are recommended by November 1.

First-year Fall: Early Action deadline December 1 (maximum financial aid and a decision before the end of the year); regular deadline March 1 with scholarships given as available; applications after March 1 are reviewed on a rolling basis. First-year Spring: November 1 recommended; applications submitted after January 1 are reviewed on a space-available basis; Survey Engineering Technology applications completed after November 15 are reviewed on a space-available basis.

Transfer Fall: March 1 preferred filing date; June 1 FAFSA on-time date and Nursing application date; applications after July 1 are considered on a space-available basis. Transfer Spring: apply early in the fall semester; applications after January 1 are space-available.

International applicants Fall: Early Action December 1, regular March 1, final deadline July 15. Spring: regular November 1, final deadline December 1.

Applications are accepted through the Common App or the ApplyMaine App; the ApplyMaine App skips the application fee and standardized tests, with a decision in as little as three days. A high school transcript and a first-year letter of recommendation are required. Documents go to [email protected] or University Processing Center, PO Box 412, Bangor, ME 04401.

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