Bates College: Alumni Outcome Information

Alumni Survey Results
"Voices from the Other Side": Immediate Plans of Recent Graduates. The Office of Career Services surveys alumni six months after graduation to determine their immediate job and graduate school plans. Bates alumni seldom settle directly into a "permanent career" immediately after graduation; they tend to explore several jobs to gain experience, and work for several years before returning for graduate studies. Survey results since the Class of 1993 are available online.

Senior Alumni Satisfaction with Undergraduate Education: Responses to recent senior and 5th, 10th, 25th reunion surveys, and all-class alumni survey.

Vocational and Graduate School Activities; Several Years after Graduation: Results of a 1999 survey of the "5th Year" reunion classes of 1993, 1994, and 1995. Nearly 58% of the respondents had earned or were currently pursuing at least one graduate degree. It is common for graduates to enter graduate/professional school several years after graduation from Bates. It is expected that recent and subsequent graduating classes will eventually surpass the over 70% graduate degree attainment rate of prior classes.

Annual Household Income Summary: 10th and 25th Year Reunion Surveys.

Graduate Study/Careers
Graduate Schools Attended by Recent Alumni: A list of graduate schools where members of the classes of 1990 to 1996 are known to have enrolled.

Graduate Schools Awarding the Most Degrees to Bates Alumni: A comprehensive list of schools known to have been attended for further study by alumni from the Classes of 1914 to 1997.

Graduate Schools Attended for Doctoral Study: A list of graduate schools attended by Bates alumni in pursuit of a doctoral degree.

Medical Schools: In 1999-2000, 77% of Bates student and alumni applicants to medical/osteopathic schools were accepted. This compares to a national average of approximately 40 percent. Eighty-two percent of applicants were accepted for all graduate programs in the health professions (including dental, veterinary, and other health profession programs).

Alumni by Occupational Category: Occupational categories of mailable Bates alumni, by Standard Industrial Classification Categories, as of 1997.

Peace Corps Volunteers: In March of 2001, Bates College was commended by the U.S. Peace Corps as among the top ten small colleges and universities (tied for eighth place) in providing numbers of current Peace Corps volunteers from among the ranks of its alumni.

Residence of Bates Alumni: The geographic distribution of all mailable Bates alumni, as of 1997.

Alumni Interviews and Profiles (searchable)
Alumni Interviews from the Office of Career Services: Each year, the OCS interviews alumni in different fields and offers students ideas of what others have done with their liberal arts degree. Archives of interviews, searchable by occupational category, graduation year, major, job title, and keyword are available online.

Some Prominent Bates Alumni

Edmund Muskie '36
Congressman, Governor of Maine, U.S. Senator, presidential candidate, and U.S. Secretary of State under President Carter.

Benjamin E. Mays '20
National civil rights leader, mentor of Martin Luther King Jr., and former president of Morehouse College.

Bryant Gumbel '70
News anchor, news magazine host, and sports announcer.

The Reverend Peter J. Gomes '65
Harvard's Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, and long-time Chaplain of the Memorial Church at Harvard. Author of best-seller: The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart.

Stacy Kabat '85
Academy Award winner for "Defending Our Lives", a documentary about her work as an advocate for battered women. Founder of "Battered Women Fighting Back" in Boston, and winner of the International Reebok Human Rights Award.

U.S. Rep. Robert Goodlatte '74
Congressman, representing Viriginia's 6th district since 1992. Member of Judiciary Committee, Agriculture Committee, Republican Policy Committee. Assistant Majority Whip.

James L. Moody, Jr. '53
Lead Director, Staples Inc. (office supplies), Retired Chairman of the Board, Hannaford Brothers Inc.

Joseph T. Willett '73
Chief Operating Officer, Merrill Lynch, London

The Honorable Frank M. Coffin '40
Judge, U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals

Dr. Judith Patkin '57
Executive Director, Action for Soviet Jewry

Jamie P. Merisotis '86
President and Founder of the Institute for Higher Education Policy. Former Executive Director of the bipartisan National Commission on Responsibilities for Financing Postsecondary Education.

John Strassburger '64
President of Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania.

Robert E. Witt '62
President, University of Texas at Arlington.

Alumni spotlights from Bates Magazine
Each issue of the Bates Magazine contains a feature story about a selected alumnus or alumna. Below are some of the profiles that have appeared in recent issues.

Nicholas Basbanes, '65 Author and book collector

Tom Connolly, '79, Portland, ME criminal defense attorney and gubernatorial candidate

Lt. J.J.
Cummings '89 U.S. Navy Top Gun Fighter Pilot

Paul Erickson, '74 Aquatic photographer, New England Aquarium

Justin Freeman, '98 Cross country runner and Nordic skier

Dr. Peter Gomes, '65 Harvard's Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, and Chaplain of the Memorial Church at Harvard

Corey Harris, '91 Acoustic blues singer

Ozzie Jones '92 Artistic director for the historic Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Michael Laurence, '81 Attorney and activist working against capital punishment

Marian Mullet, '50 President and CEO of Pathfinder Village, a community and school for people with Down Syndrome

Jim Murphy, '69 Bates women's soccer and basketball coach

Dr. Helen Papaioanou, '49 Medical doctor, trustee, and chair of Bates capital campaign

Alumni notes compiled by various Departments
Several Bates departments have published information on their web pages about the career and graduate pursuits of recent alumni.

Departments Interdisciplinary Programs

Anthropology Neuroscience

Chemistry

Geology Secondary Concentrations

Physics Computer Science

Psychology

Class Notes from Bates Magazine
One of the best sources of post-graduate outcomes is what our alumni choose to tell us about themselves. (This may be the best way to learn about what some of our most recent graduates are doing.) In the Class Notes section from Bates Magazine, alumni informally report the latest information about their studies, their careers, their travels, and other accomplishments.

Faculty/Alumni Publications
From time to time, the "Bates Bookshelf" in the Bates Magazine reports on recent books and publications written by faculty and alumni.

Bates Authors Page (compiled by the College Store)
The Bates Bookshelf, Fall 1998
The Bates Bookshelf, Winter 1998
The Bates Bookshelf, Spring 1997