You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bates College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Maine for Mathematical Sciences. Located in Lewiston, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified ’s mathematical sciences students in 2020-2021.
Bates not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Of the 1,876 students enrolled at Bates College, 11 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 3 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Bates]](/colleges/bates-college/student-life/veterans/)