Bates College
Founded 1855
President Clayton Spencer (President)
Fees USD 60,590
Acceptance Rate Very Selective (<20%)
Campus Setting Suburban
Bates College is a private liberal arts college founded in 1855 in Lewiston, Maine, by Free Will Baptists opposed to slavery — Bates was one of the first colleges in New England to admit students regardless of race, religion, or gender. Consistently ranked among the top 25 liberal arts colleges in the US, Bates enrolls 1,800 students and has been test-optional since 1984 — among the first in the nation to adopt this policy.