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Of the seven components of the University of Maine System, USM has the highest total number of enrolled students (without regard to full- or part-time status) at 11,382 as of the 2004-5 academic year. (''The University Of Maine reports 11,222 as of the 2004-5 academic year, and expects to surpass USM's number in 2005-6.'') USM had its founding in Gorham in 1878 , and up to 1968 was known as the University of Maine-Portland (or ''UMP'') and also as the University of Maine at Portland-Gorham. USM is a major educational contributor in the overall growth and improvement of economic, civic, and cultural life in southern Maine . USM offers baccalaureate and master's degree programs as well as a doctoral degree in Public Policy. Actor Tony Shalhoub graduated from USM in 1977. EXTERNAL LINKS
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