University of Maine at Augusta

Colby College, located in Waterville, Maine, is a liberal arts college offering a range of academic programs to students. The college offers more than 50 majors and minors through its departments and programs. The programs include courses, such as biology, economics, English, government, history, international studies, anthropology, American studies, African studies, art, chemistry, classics, computer science and East Asian Studies. The college also offers a number of other courses, including French studies, geology, German studies, Latin American studies, mathematics, music, philosophy, physics, psychology, religious studies and Spanish. It also offers courses in sociology, theater and dance, and women s, gender and sexuality studies. The institution additionally offers a variety of athletic activities, including basketball, swimming and ice hockey.

The University of Southern Maine offers baccalaureate, master's and doctorate of philosophy degree programs and is located in Lewiston, Maine. Its graduate degree courses include accounting, adult education, medical sciences, biology, business administration, community planning and development, computer science, creative writing, educational leadership, and health policy and management. It also provides law, leadership studies, literacy education, manufacturing systems, music, nursing, occupational therapy, public policy and management, social work, special education and statistics courses. Its sports activities include basketball, cross country, hockey, track and field, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, volleyball, cheerleading, golf and baseball. The university was founded in 1878 and is comprised of various academic units, such as the school of applied sciences, college of arts and sciences, school of business, college of education and human development and college of nursing and health professions.

Bowdoin College is an independent, nonsectarian institution that was founded in 1794. It is a coeducational, residential college that offers instruction in more than 40 departmental and interdisciplinary subjects. Bowdoin College offers enrollment of more than 1,700 students in various courses, including African studies, history, geology, archaeology, chemistry, visual arts, physics, Asian studies, biochemistry, biology and Latin American studies. In addition, it offers Italian, German, Spanish, Russian and French as foreign languages. The college offers various sports activities, such as basketball, cross country, softball, ice hockey, rugby, soccer, squash, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, golf and volleyball. Bowdoin College operates a museum of art that includes more than 15,000 artifacts in ancient, European, American, non-western, modern, contemporary, prints, drawings, and photography categories.