Bates College: President's Report 1998

CONTENTS
Welcome Highlights of 1998-99 Major Goals The Vision for Bates - 15 Priorities for 2005		A Tour of Bates in 2005 Statistical Review of Bates College Board of Trustees

Student Charges

FISCAL YEAR ENDING 6/30:
ACADEMIC YEAR: 1993
1992/93 1994
1993/94 1995
1994/95 1996
1995/96 1997
1996/97 1998
1997/98

Comprehensive Fee: Tuition, Room, Board ($)22,850 23,990 25,180 26,300 27,415 28,650

% Change from Previous Year (%)6.78 4.99 4.96 4.45 4.24 4.50

Enrollment

FISCAL YEAR ENDING 6/30:
ACADEMIC YEAR: 1993
1992/93 1994
1993/94 1995
1994/95 1996
1995/96 1997
1996/97 1998
1997/98

Fall Enrollment Full-Time Equivalent(FTE) 1,537 1,599 1,562 1,636 1,672 1,611

Average Annual Enrollment(FTE)
(Fall FTE+Winter FTE)/2 1,504 1,586 1,548 1,570 1,647 1,587

Student-Faculty Ratio (Financial FTE) (%)10.4 11.1 10.5 10.8 10.9 10.1

Student-Faculty Ratio (Teaching FTE) (%)11.3 11.5 11.0 11.3 11.5 11.0

Admissions

FISCAL YEAR ENDING 6/30:
ACADEMIC YEAR: 1993
1992/93 1994
1993/94 1995
1994/95 1996
1995/96 1997
1996/97 1998
1997/98

# Inquiries (First-Year and Transfer) 26,395 28,333 25,955 28,130 35,295 27,181

First-time, First-Year Applicants

# Applicants 3,528 3,461 3,594 3,428 3,752 3,635

# Accepted 1,286 1,541 1,235 1,265 1,340 1,232

% Accepted (%)36.5 44.5 34.4 36.9 35.7 33.9

# Sending Deposits 404 577 448 437 534 461

# Matriculating (including Fall Semester Abroad) 443 539 413 438 510 459

% Yield of Matriculants (%)34.4 35.0 33.4 34.6 38.1 37.3

% In Top 10% of High School Class (%)54.7 53.3 53.6 50.4 54.3 61.0

Multicultural Students as a % of all Enrolling (%)8.9 8.7 13.4 10.3 10.7 9.1

Early Decision as a % of Entering Class (%)37.4 37.8 34.2 32.3 28.8 33.0

Legacies as % of Entering Class (%)4.7 1.7 2.5 2.7 4.3 3.3

# Entering Transfers 14 32 10 13 11 10

Geographic Distribution of Entering Class

FISCAL YEAR ENDING 6/30:
ACADEMIC YEAR: 1993
1992/93 1994
1993/94 1995
1994/95 1996
1995/96 1997
1996/97 1998
1997/98

Maine (%)12.7 11.8 10.7 11.1 10.3 12.6

New England (including Maine) (%)53.7 59.4 59.6 53.8 50.3 57.5

Middle States (%)17.9 16.0 17.2 17.6 17.4 19.3

South (%)10.7 7.6 6.6 9.6 11.0 6.9

Midwest (%)8.5 7.1 6.8 7.1 6.4 5.9

West (%)6.2 6.7 7.2 7.6 10.8 6.9

Non U.S. Citizen;
U.S. Living Abroad (%)3.0 3.3 2.6 3.1 4.0 4.7

Note: Admissions data reflect the class entering in the fall of the current academic year
(i.e. the results of the previous spring's admission cycle).