{"id":4747,"date":"2014-02-11T18:02:11","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T23:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/?page_id=4747"},"modified":"2025-10-27T17:30:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T21:30:33","slug":"student-financial-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/student-financial-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe id=\"myintuitionapp-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 700px; \" title=\"MyinTuition College Cost Estimator\" src=\"https:\/\/app.myintuitionapp.org\/institution\/ae651581-2c0a-48cd-adc2-654339b0a131\/costestimator\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Net Price Calculator <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For another source of insight on your family\u2019s expected contribution toward education costs, try our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/npc.collegeboard.org\/app\/bates\">Net Price Calculator<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_2351-e1355850039688.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_2351-e1355850039688-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"111003_2351-e1355850039688\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_2351-e1355850039688-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_2351-e1355850039688-620x475.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_2351-e1355850039688.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Channeling our mission<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Bates was founded by people who believed a great education should be open and accessible to people from all walks of life. That&#8217;s our past. That&#8217;s our future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An essential part of the Bates mission is to &#8220;prepare&nbsp;leaders sustained by a love of learning.&#8221; We&#8217;re&nbsp;committed to granting you that opportunity, regardless of your family&#8217;s financial circumstances. We can demonstrate this commitment to you by carefully evaluating your family\u2019s individual circumstances and consistently meeting 100 percent of your calculated need for all four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_2243.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5779\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_2243-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"111003_2243\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_2243-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_2243-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_2243.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Less than a state school?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Your Bates education isn&#8217;t just affordable, it&#8217;s <em>practical<\/em>. We&#8217;ll work with you to ensure that you graduate with the lowest possible levels of student loan debt. For example, the average federal student loan debt for Bates students who graduated in 2025 was <strong>$13,279<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 less than half&nbsp;the national average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_1544.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_1544-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"111003_1544\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_1544-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_1544-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_1544.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The formula<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We subtract the amount your family is capable of paying from the total cost of attendance at Bates. The result is your financial need. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/myintuition-college-cost-estimator\/\" target=\"_blank\">We&#8217;re committed to meeting 100 percent of our students&#8217; <\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/myintuition-college-cost-estimator\/\" target=\"_blank\">d<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/myintuition-college-cost-estimator\/\" target=\"_blank\">e<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/myintuition-college-cost-estimator\/\" target=\"_blank\">m<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/myintuition-college-cost-estimator\/\" target=\"_blank\">o<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/myintuition-college-cost-estimator\/\" target=\"_blank\">n<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/myintuition-college-cost-estimator\/\" target=\"_blank\">s<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/myintuition-college-cost-estimator\/\" target=\"_blank\">t<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/myintuition-college-cost-estimator\/\" target=\"_blank\">r<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/myintuition-college-cost-estimator\/\" target=\"_blank\">a<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/myintuition-college-cost-estimator\/\" target=\"_blank\">t<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/myintuition-college-cost-estimator\/\" target=\"_blank\">e<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/myintuition-college-cost-estimator\/\" target=\"_blank\">d<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/myintuition-college-cost-estimator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> <\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/myintuition-college-cost-estimator\/\" target=\"_blank\">financial need.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We awards nearly <strong>$50 million<\/strong> in grant aid to our students every year, and nearly half of our students receive financial aid. The average need-based grant for enrolled students in the Class of 2029 was <strong>$<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>58,518<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_1939.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_1939-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"111003_1939\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_1939-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_1939-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/files\/2014\/02\/111003_1939.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Financing options for parents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Bates offers financing options to help all families manage expenses. These include a 10-month payment plan that permits you to spread costs over the course of the academic year, rather than making one payment at the start of each semester. Student and parent education loans can also help your family spread costs out over a greater period of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you have questions, we have answers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We understand that you might have questions. We like questions, but we like answers even better. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/financial-services\/faqs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We&#8217;ve compiled a list of the questions most frequently answered<\/a> by our financial aid office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have other questions or if we can help you in any way, please contact Student Financial Services at 207-786-6096 or<em> <a href=\"mailto:sfs@bates.edu\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:sfs@bates.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sfs@bates.edu<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/financial-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">student financial services<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:200px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-dark-color has-text-color\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Applying to Bates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"widget widget_nav_menu\"><div class=\"menu-apply-i-container\"><ul id=\"menu-apply-i\" class=\"menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-3567\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3567\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/admission\/apply\/application-options\/\">Application Rounds &#038; 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