About University of Maine Fort Kent

The University of Maine at Fort Kent is a public academic world in Fort Kent, Maine. It is the northernmost campus of the University of Maine System. The academic world is an academic center for Acadian and French American culture and heritage, and French-speaking Mainers from throughout the state. It currently has an enrollment of 1,557 students. The Saint John Valley region is a middle of French American culture, and the majority of adults in the region are bilingual in French and English.

The the academy offers academic programs leading to associate and bachelor’s degrees. The university’s Carnegie Classification is “Baccalaureate Colleges – General.”

Fort Kent is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,097 in the 2010 census. Fort Kent is home to an Olympic biathlete training center, an annual CAN-AM dogsled race, and the Fort Kent Blockhouse, built in reaction to the Aroostook War and in enlightened times designated a national historic site. Principal industries combine agriculture (particularly potatoes and forestry) and textiles. Fort Kent is the northern terminus of U.S. 1 and the ending reduction of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail.