Bates College
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Bates College is a small liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine. According to their website, Bates values "academic excellence, intellectual curiosity, egalitarianism, social justice and freedom."
Affordability: Bates provides generous need-based aid (no merit aid). They have a relatively low average net price ($26,231). According to NCES data, most students do not take out student loans (14% of freshman borrowed an average of $9,173 in 2020-21).
Rankings:
Popular Majors (NCES):
Psychology
Economics
Political Science
Environmental Studies
Sociology
Biology
Students, Admissions, enrollment, graduation rates (NCES):
1,821 undergraduate students
17% acceptance rate
44% enrolled
92% graduation rate