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The Basics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Explore all that Bates has to offer, wherever and whenever you want. Meander campus through our virtual tour<\/a>, and then dive into the gritty details of academics, campus life, our hometown and state, and much more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Faculty<\/h2>

Bright, driven, and among the top minds in their scholarly fields, our faculty members have chosen to work at a place that, with a 9:1 student-faculty ratio, lets them cultivate genuine relationships with their students.<\/p><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

Accessible Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Your professors will mentor you in class, advise you on your course selections, and help you ruthlessly edit your senior thesis capstone projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
100%<\/td>of tenured faculty possess the highest degree in their field<\/td><\/tr>
19<\/td>average class size<\/td><\/tr>
9:1<\/td>student-faculty ratio<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Our Community<\/h2>

The twin cities of Lewiston and Auburn, with the Androscoggin River running between them, are mill towns reborn.<\/p><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

Locals call the area L\/A. It\u2019s full of hard-working, independent-minded people who are building meaningful, interesting lives for themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
40<\/td>languages spoken at the local high school<\/td><\/tr>
60K<\/td>combined population of Lewiston\/Auburn<\/td><\/tr>
50%<\/td>of Bates students take community-engaged courses<\/td><\/tr>
90<\/td>community-engaged internships, research projects, or independent studies take place each year<\/td><\/tr>
42K<\/td>hours of academically driven community-engaged work completed by students each year<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Bates has been a top producer of Fulbright awards for a decade, including first place in two of the three years before the pandemic. <\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Our Planet<\/h2>

At Bates, care for each other also means care for our environment.<\/p><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n
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Bates becomes carbon neutral<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>student clubs focused on conservation and sustainability<\/td><\/tr>
$10K<\/td>Green Innovation Grants awarded each year for campus sustainability projects<\/td><\/tr>
1st<\/td>Bates\u2019 worldwide energy ranking from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education in 2022<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>Annual Trashion Show, where students model garments made from recycled and thrown-away materials<\/td><\/tr>
2030<\/td>Bates’ goal to become climate positive <\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>Father of the modern environmental movements in the U.S.: Senator & Secretary of State Ed Muskie ’36 <\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Our Athletes<\/h2>

Bates is a proud charter member of NESCAC (the New England Small College Athletic Conference). <\/p><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n
31<\/td>varsity teams<\/td><\/tr>
13<\/td>club teams<\/td><\/tr>
23<\/td>NCAA champions<\/td><\/tr>
83<\/td>All-American Awards in 2018-2019<\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>Olympians<\/td><\/tr>
40%<\/td>of students participate in at least one varsity sport<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n\n\n
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According to a national Gallup-Bates survey, college graduates with high purpose in work are 10 times more likely to have high overall well-being, but less than half find purposeful work.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
The Bates Center for Purposeful Work is dedicated to helping you align who you are with what you do.<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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Purposeful Work<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Our Artists<\/h2>

Every year you\u2019ll find hundreds of opportunities to express yourself \u2014 and be inspired \u2014 whether you major in dance or physics.<\/p><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n
60<\/td>theater and dance productions<\/td><\/tr>
16<\/td>large-scale exhibitions<\/td><\/tr>
14<\/td>music and voice ensembles<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>high profile literary readings<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>internationally celebrated dance festival<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Explore the arts at Bates<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n