Student life at Bates
Lewiston, Maine · Private · 1,760 undergrads
Bates is highly residential. Its teams play in the NCAA. Housing and meals ran $17,904 a year in 2023-24.
Living there
Campus lifeCarnegie Classifications, 2025
Highly residential
Housing and meals, per yearIPEDS, 2023-24
$17,904
Sports
College sports associationIPEDS, 2023
NCAA
Where these numbers come from
- Admit rate and applicants: Common Data Set, fall 2025 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
- GPA, early rounds and wait list: Common Data Set, fall 2025 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
- Cost, pay and debt: College Scorecard, 2024-25 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
- Deadlines: bates.edu, 2026-27 (checked Nov 5, 2026)
- Test rule: bates.edu, fall 2027 (checked Nov 2, 2026)
Updated Nov 5, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers