Bates College Overview

Bates College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Lewiston, Maine. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Bates College Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Bates since the student to facuty ratio is 10 to 1.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the bachelor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Bates.
• In a recent academic period93% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Bates with a bachelor's degree make about $69,498 a year. That's 70% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• The average Bates student graduates in 4.0 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Bates College?

Contact details for Bates are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2 Andrews Road, Lewiston, ME 04240
Phone:	207-786-6000
Website:	www.bates.edu

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How Do I Get Into Bates?

You can apply to Bates online at: www.bates.edu/admission/apply/

Admission Requirements for Bates

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Bates?

The acceptance rate at Bates is 14%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 14%, and the acceptance rate for women is 14%.

Average Test Scores

About 17% of students accepted to Bates submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 700 and 750. Math scores were between 720 and 770.

Bates received ACT scores from 12% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 32 and 33.

Can I Afford Bates College?

The overall average net price of Bates is $56,146. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Bates, approximately 13% of students took out student loans averaging $8,728 a year. That adds up to $34,912 over four years for those students.

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Bates College Undergraduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,876 full-time undergraduates at Bates, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Bates College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	92
Black or African American	106
Hispanic or Latino	133
White	1,266
International Students	149
Other Races/Ethnicities	130

Geographic Diversity

Maine students aren't the only ones who study at Bates College. At this time, 38 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 59 countries are represented at Bates. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Vietnam.

Bates College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Economics	65	65
Political Science & Government	54	54
Child Development & Psychology	50	50
Natural Resources Conservation	49	49
General Biology	43	43
Mathematics	29	29
Sociology	28	28
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	26	26
General English Literature	25	25
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	17	17
Romance Languages	17	17
History	16	16
Physics	16	16
Anthropology	12	12
Fine & Studio Arts	11	11
Writing Studies	10	10
Religious Studies	10	10
Area Studies	9	9
Ethnic Studies	8	8
Philosophy	8	8
Geological & Earth Sciences	7	7
Chemistry	6	6
Classical & Ancient Studies	4	4
Dance	4	4
Drama & Theater Arts	3	3
Germanic Languages	2	2
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	2	2
East Asian Languages	1	1
Music	1	1
General Engineering	0	0
TOTAL	533	533

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By N.Y. Walton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.