General Engineering at Bates College

Every general engineering school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the engineering program at Bates College stacks up to those at other schools.

Bates is located in Lewiston, Maine and approximately 1,876 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Bates.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Bates General Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Bates General Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the engineering progam at Bates compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The engineering major at Bates is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Engineering. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	98
Most Popular General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	117
Most Focused General Engineering Schools	400
Most Popular General Engineering Schools	499

Engineering Student Demographics at Bates

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the engineering majors at Bates College.

Bates General Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bates College with a bachelor's in engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Bates also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for ME, the home state for Bates College.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Architectural and Engineering Managers	760	$124,230
Engineers	610	$85,800
Engineering Professors	150	$87,920

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By N.Y. Walton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.