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Bates College
Lewiston, ME 04240
(207) 786-6000; FAX (207) 786-6025
Bates College, founded in 1855, is a private liberal arts institution. A comprehensive fee of $28,650 includes tuition and room and board. The library contains 635,422 volumes, 293,905 microform items, and 46,493 audiovisual forms/CDs, and subscribes to 1950 periodicals. Computerized library services include the card catalog, interlibrary loans, and database searching. Special learning facilities include a learning resource center, art gallery, planetarium, radio station, TV station, a 654-acre mountain conservation area, the Muskie archives, an observatory, and a language resource center. The 109-acre campus is in a suburban area 140 miles north of Boston. Including residence halls, there are 70 buildings.
Student Life: 88% of undergraduates are from out of state, mostly the Northeast. Others are from 47 states, 25 foreign countries, and Canada. 65% are from public schools. 87% are white. The average age of freshmen is 18; all undergraduates, 20. 4% do not continue beyond their first year; 83% remain to graduate.
Housing: 1563 students can be accommodated in college housing, which includes singie-sex and coed dormitories. In addition, there is drug-free housing. On-campus housing is guaranteed for all 4 years. 88% of students live on campus; of those, 75% remain on campus on weekends. All students may keep cars.
Activities: There are no fraternities or sororities. There are 70 groups on campus, including art, chess, choir, chorale, chorus, computers, dance, drama, ethnic, film, gay, honors, international, jazz band, literary magazine, musical theater, newspaper, orchestra, outdoor recreation, photography, political, professional, radio and TV, religious, social, social service, student government, and yearbook. Popular campus events include Winter Carnival, international dinners, periodic semiformal dances, and ocean clambakes.
Sports: There are 17 intercollegiate sports for men and 16 for women, and 4 intramural sports for men, 4 for women, and 6 coed. Facilities include a pool, a field house, indoor and outdoor tracks, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, 3 basketball courts, 3 volleyball courts, football, soccer, baseball, Softball, and lacrosse fields, dance and fencing space, squash and racquetball courts, training rooms, a rock-climbing wall, a boat house, a winter sports arena, and a weight room.
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