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#16 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#39 Best Value Schools
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#21 National Liberal Arts Colleges
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#8 Most Innovative Schools
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#160 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#22 First-Year Experiences
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#14 Senior Capstone
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#27 Service Learning
Bates College is ranked #21 in National Liberal Arts Colleges. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
85
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
14
Graduation and retention rank
20
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
89%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
95%
Social Mobility Rank
160
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
93%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
89%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
84%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
5
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.1
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
23
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
17
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
95.6%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
98%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
71.9%
Classes with 50 or more students
1%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
10:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
27
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
55%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
42
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
15
Average alumni giving rate
39.7%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
