Bates College

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Lewiston, ME

University Website:  www.bates.edu/
Apply Online:  www.bates.edu/admission/apply/

Bates College is a private liberal arts college located in Lewiston, Maine, in the United States. The college was founded in 1855 by abolitionists. Bates College is one of the first colleges in the United States to be coeducational from establishment, and is also the oldest continuously operating coeducational institution in New England. Originally a Free Will Baptist institution, Bates is now a nonsectarian institution.

Bates College was ranked 22nd in the nation in the 2013 US News & World Report Best Liberal Arts Colleges rankings. The college is listed as one of thirty "Hidden Ivies" and one of the "Little Ivies". Bates offers 32 departmental and interdisciplinary program majors and 25 secondary concentrations, and confers Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degrees. The college enrolls approximately 2,000 students, 300 of whom study abroad each semester. The student-faculty ratio is 10-to-1.

Bates is a leader of the SAT optional movement for undergraduate admission. In 1984 it instituted one of the first SAT-optional admissions programs in the nation.

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Bates College College Scholarships

Bullet name award deadline Link
 

Thomas J. Watson Fellowship

Thomas J. Watson Foundation

$36,000 Varies See Details
 

Thomas J. Watson Fellowship

Thomas J. Watson Foundation

award

$36,000

deadline

Varies
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Worthington Scholarship

Worthington Scholarship Foundation

Up to $20,000 April 15, 2024 See Details
 

Worthington Scholarship

Worthington Scholarship Foundation

award

Up to $20,000

deadline

April 15, 2024
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IES Merit-Based David Porter Diversity Scholarship

Institute for the International Education of Students (IES Abroad)

Up to $5,000 Varies See Details
 

IES Merit-Based David Porter Diversity Scholarship

Institute for the International Education of Students (IES Abroad)

award

Up to $5,000

deadline

Varies
See Details
 

IES Need-Based Financial Aid Scholarship

Institute for the International Education of Students (IES Abroad)

Up to $2,000 Varies See Details
 

IES Need-Based Financial Aid Scholarship

Institute for the International Education of Students (IES Abroad)

award

Up to $2,000

deadline

Varies
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Maine Family Scholarship

Maine Family Federal Credit Union

$1,000 March 29, 2024 See Details
 

Maine Family Scholarship

Maine Family Federal Credit Union

award

$1,000

deadline

March 29, 2024
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Rawlings Grant for Math - Bates College

Bates College

Up to $3,000 May 07, 2024 See Details
 

Rawlings Grant for Math - Bates College

Bates College

award

Up to $3,000

deadline

May 07, 2024
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Bonner Leader Program

The Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation

Up to $0 Varies See Details
 

Bonner Leader Program

The Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation

award

Up to $0

deadline

Varies
See Details