
Coaching staff
- Danny FeldmanHead Men's & Women's XC Coach/Assistant Track & Field Coach (Distance)
- Alison LeonardAssociate Head XC/Track & Field Coach (Distance)
- Mo AwilAssistant Cross Country Coach
- Ned FarringtonAssistant Cross Country Coach
- Curtis JohnsonHead Men's & Women's Track & Field Coach (Sprints, Hurdles, Relays)
- Danny ColinaAssociate Track & Field Coach (Throws)
- Rick SmithAssistant Track & Field Coach (Pole Vault)
- Al KirklandAssistant Track & Field Coach
- Arthur FeeleyAssistant Track & Field Coach (Jumps)
Campus and facilities
Almost all 36 of Bates majors culminate in a one- or two-semester senior thesis or capstone project, a pivotal and valuable experience that’s treasured by generations of Bates graduates.
- Established
- 1855
- Website
- bates.edu
Facilities
Academics
Language
English is the language of instruction at BC
Fields of study
Learn more about academic programs at Bates College →
- Africana
- American Cultural Studies
- Anthropology
- Art & Visual Culture
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Chinese
- Classical & Medieval Studies
- Dance
- East Asian Studies
- Economics
- English
- Environmental Studies
- European Studies
- French & Francophone Studies
- Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Geology
- German
- History
- Interdisciplinary Studies
- Japanese
- Latin American Studies
- Mathematics
- Music
- Neuroscience
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Politics
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies
- Sociology
- Theater
Admissions and graduation
- Acceptance rate, fall 2024
- 13%
- ACT middle 50%, fall 2024
- 31–34
- SAT reading middle 50%, fall 2024
- 710–750
- SAT math middle 50%, fall 2024
- 710–780
- Graduated within six years
- 90%
Graduation rate for full-time students who started in fall 2018. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard
Cost
Tuition and fees, 2024–25
- In-state and out-of-state
- $66,590 USD
- International (same as out-of-state)
- $66,590 USD
Full cost for a first-year student
- Cost of attendance, 2023–24
- $83,532 USD
- Average net price, 2023–24
- $29,351 USD
Cost of attendance is tuition, fees, books, housing and food for a year. Net price is what students who got federal aid paid on average after grants and scholarships.
- $0 to $30,000
- $2,397 USD
- $30,001 to $48,000
- $8,958 USD
- $48,001 to $75,000
- $11,336 USD
- $75,001 to $110,000
- $19,468 USD
- Over $110,000
- $45,886 USD






