Bates College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Bates College

Bates College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Lewiston, Maine (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 1,760 students of which 1,933 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Bates College is categorized as “21” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 13.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,468. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $29,351, with published in-state tuition of $66,590 and a Pell grant recipient share of 11.5%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $14,275, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 90.1%, and the first-year retention rate is 91.3%. Graduates earn a median of $69,498 ten years after enrolling, compared with $59,202 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 25100.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 75.0% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.