Bates College will waive the admission application fee, beginning with the Fall 2025 pool of applicants. Previously, domestic ...

Please join us (and a feathered friend) for our page turning of John James Audubon’s Birds of America, Wednesday the 17th at ...

An interesting internship fact: Though he was based in New York City, Brown’s summer work stretched across the globe; he ...

In 1875, Bates and Tufts played the first college football game in Maine. Here's to football's sesquicentennial: 15 moments ...

How do you convey the deepest, sweetest batch of parental emotion to your child when you’ve just returned from a sweaty, last ...

Since 1855, Bates College has been dedicated to the emancipating potential of the liberal arts. Bates educates the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential ...

Dear Members of the Bates Community, I am delighted to share with you the Bates College Sustainability Roadmap, developed by Bates’ Committee on Environmental Responsibility — a team of people from ...

Visual literacy and visual acuity – looking with awareness and intention – are fundamental to liberal arts education. The Art and Visual Culture Department offers courses in studio practice and in the ...

Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college. We are proud to offer a highly personalized education that centers on deep and sustained interactions ...

Bates has been a national leader in the test-optional movement for over four decades. In October 1984, the faculty voted to make standardized testing, such as the SAT and the ACT, optional for all ...

In 1875, Bates and Tufts played the first college football game in Maine. Here's to football's sesquicentennial: 15 moments from 150 years of Bates football.

Our process: The Bates Center for Purposeful Work surveyed the Class of 2023 at graduation and again in December 2023 to determine students’ postgraduation plans. In addition to this survey, data was ...