ME
Bates College
6.25 incidents / 1,000 students
Lewiston, ME · Clery Act 2024 · Private Nonprofit
Bates College
Across 2022–2024, Bates College reported 61 incidents in the Clery Criminal Offenses section, and the yearly count fell over that span (largest filed category: Burglary). Nearby same-state same-level comparison: Bowdoin College.
- 6.25
- Incidents / 1k students
- #1,736
- Rank of 2,072
- #20
- ME rank
- 1,760
- Enrolled students
6.25 reported score-category incidents per 1,000 students
Bates College reports 6.25 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 53% above Southwest Mississippi Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Southwest Mississippi Community College (0.00/1k); University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne (0.00/1k); University of Dubuque (14.23/1k); Adrian College (3.97/1k); Glenville State University (2.27/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Bowdoin College (6.91/1k); Thomas College (0.00/1k); University of Maine at Fort Kent (0.00/1k); Saint Joseph's College of Maine (4.13/1k); University of Maine at Farmington (6.67/1k); Colby College (9.12/1k); Maine Maritime Academy (0.00/1k); University of Maine at Presque Isle (0.35/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
- incidents / 1,000 students
- 6.25
- of 2,072 ranked nationally
- #1,736
- report fewer incidents than this campus
- 84%
- Criminal Offenses, 2024
- 11
Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey
Data updated August 2026
Clery Act plate
Sheet 160977 · Bates College 6.25/1k score rate · #1,736/2,072
RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT
- RATE-HOT 6.25/1k
- RANK-BOTTOM #1,736/2,072
- ST-MID #20 in state
- ABOVE-PEER Adrian College · +2.28
- ZERO-NONE Scored
- TREND-DOWN ↓ 67%
- CAT-LEAD Burglary
- ENR-SMALL 1,760
- FIRE-REPORT 2 fires
Nearest enrollment peer: Adrian College (-2.28/1k)
Bates College sheet RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT · peer Adrian College. Codes from this campus OPE filing: score-category rate, national/state rank, named enrollment peer, zero posture, Criminal Offenses trend, lead category, enrollment band, fire filing. Not a moving recommendation.
Clery plate RATE-HOT · RANK-BOTTOM · ST-MID · ABOVE-PEER · ZERO-NONE · TREND-DOWN · CAT-LEAD · ENR-SMALL · FIRE-REPORT. Nearest similar-enrollment peer is Adrian College (-2.28/1k). National rank #1,736 of 2,072 scored campuses. Instrument codes from this campus OPE sheet; compare similarly sized peers before treating any single rate as decisive.
Bates College reports 6.25 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 - 53% above Southwest Mississippi Community College. Similar-enrollment scored peers: Southwest Mississippi Community College (0.00/1k); University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne (0.00/1k); University of Dubuque (14.23/1k); Adrian College (3.97/1k); Glenville State University (2.27/1k). Same-state same-level set also includes Bowdoin College (6.91/1k); Thomas College (0.00/1k); University of Maine at Fort Kent (0.00/1k); Saint Joseph's College of Maine (4.13/1k); University of Maine at Farmington (6.67/1k); Colby College (9.12/1k); Maine Maritime Academy (0.00/1k); University of Maine at Presque Isle (0.35/1k). Largest Criminal Offenses total across filed years: Burglary.
Peer-rate neighbourhood around Bates College
Lowest/highest enrollment peers plus campuses nearest Bates on score-category rate. Full ladder: /rankings/safest-campuses.
- Southwest Mississippi Community College · lowest peer 0
Southwest Mississippi Community College — lowest peer
0 per 1,000 students
- Glenville State University · near 2.27
Glenville State University — near
2.27 per 1,000 students
- Adrian College · near 3.97
Adrian College — near
3.97 per 1,000 students
- Bates College · this campus
Bates College — this campus
6.25 per 1,000 students
- University of Dubuque · highest peer
University of Dubuque — highest peer
14.23 per 1,000 students
What this shows Neighbourhood of similar-enrollment peers around Bates College's 6.25/1k rate, not a full-corpus distribution reprint.
Reporting-period change
What changed in 2024
Bates College decreased from 17 to 11 reported on-campus incidents between the 2023 and 2024 reporting years in the U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey.
This is a change in reported incidents, not a measure of individual safety. Enrollment, reporting practice, and category coverage can affect the count.
See national reporting-year changesSignature insight · size does not equal danger
Campus size vs reported safety rate
Among 21 ME 4-year peers in this comparison, Bates College is larger than 50% and safer-reporting than 15% - the larger, higher-reporting quadrant. Axes are within-sample percentiles so outliers share the same frame; a higher safety percentile means a lower Clery incidents-per-1,000 rate.
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- Point 1: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 55, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 5
- Point 2: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 45, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 60
- Point 3: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 40, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 60
- Point 4: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 35, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 25
- Point 5: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 60, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 10
- Point 6: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 65, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 0
- Point 7: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 30, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 60
- Point 8: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 70, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 55
- Point 9: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 25, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 60
- Point 10: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 20, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 20
- Point 11: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 15, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 35
- Point 12: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 10, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 60
- Point 13: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 75, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 40
- Point 14: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 5, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 60
- Point 15: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 0, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 60
- Point 16: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 80, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 60
- Point 17: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 85, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 50
- Point 18: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 90, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 60
- Point 19: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 95, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 30
- Point 20: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 100, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 45
- Bates College: Enrollment size, percentile in sample 50, Safer-reporting percentile (lower rate) 15
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| Campus | Enrollment | Rate / 1k | Size pct | Safety pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Media College | 42 | 0.00 | 0 | 60 |
| Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts | 99 | 0.00 | 5 | 60 |
| Maine College of Health Professions | 239 | 0.00 | 10 | 60 |
| College of the Atlantic | 358 | 2.79 | 15 | 35 |
| Maine College of Art & Design | 475 | 4.21 | 20 | 20 |
| Beal University | 504 | 0.00 | 25 | 60 |
| Maine Maritime Academy | 971 | 0.00 | 30 | 60 |
| Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 1,454 | 4.13 | 35 | 25 |
| University of Maine at Fort Kent | 1,562 | 0.00 | 40 | 60 |
| Thomas College | 1,635 | 0.00 | 45 | 60 |
| Bates College (this campus) | 1,760 | 6.25 | 50 | 15 |
| Bowdoin College | 1,881 | 6.91 | 55 | 5 |
Sample of 12 campuses from the plot (sorted by enrollment). Source: U.S. Department of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey + IPEDS enrollment. Rate = on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 students; lower is safer-reporting, not a personal-risk forecast.
What changed between 2023 and 2024
Reported on-campus incidents at Bates College fell from 17 to 11 (-35%). The increase shows up in Burglary (3 to 5) and Arson (0 to 1). Falling over the same period: Fondling (6 to 0) and Rape (6 to 3).
This describes reported incidents, not crime. Clery counts move with reporting policy, awareness campaigns and how a campus staffs its security authorities, so a rise can reflect better capture of reports and a fall can reflect worse capture. One year of movement at a single campus is not a trend.
What actually gets reported at Bates College
Across 3 reporting years, on-campus incidents were recorded in 5 Clery Act categories here: Burglary, Rape, Fondling, Motor Vehicle Theft and Arson. Burglary accounts for most of them.
The remaining 6 categories were reported with no on-campus incidents, among them Aggravated Assault, Incest, Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter and Negligent Manslaughter. Under the Clery Act that zero is an affirmative report that nothing in the category occurred, not an absence of data, which is why the table below lists those rows rather than dropping them.
Counts describe incidents reported under the Clery Act for the on-campus geography. Reporting practice varies between institutions, so counts are not a direct measure of relative safety.
Crime Statistics by Year
11 categories 3 reporting years on-campus onlyBates College: Criminal Offenses by year
Declining 67% (33 → 11 incidents)
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| Period | On-campus incidents |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 33 |
| 2023 | 17 |
| 2024 | 11 |
| Crime Type | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 5 | 3 | 23 |
| Rape | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Fondling | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Arson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Incest | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Murder / Non-Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Negligent Manslaughter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Statutory Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: US Dept of Education OPE Campus Safety Survey. Table figures show the Criminal Offenses section; other Clery tables are separate
Fire Safety
| Year | Fires | Inj. | Deaths | Cat I | Cat II |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arrests & Disciplinary Actions
9 category-year records| Category | Year | Arrests | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | 2024 | 0 | 9 |
| Liquor | 2024 | 0 | 64 |
| Weapons | 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2023 | 0 | 18 |
| Liquor | 2023 | 0 | 59 |
| Weapons | 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2022 | 0 | 20 |
| Liquor | 2022 | 0 | 60 |
| Weapons | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
Bates College vs peer institutions
Side-by-side safety scores for 3 peers of similar enrollment
Scores are $2024 Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students (lower is fewer in those categories).
MS
Southwest Mississippi Community College
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
IN
University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne
0.00 incidents / 1,000 students
Cost context
Where Bates College sits on price and outcomes
At $29,351, Bates College's reported average net price is cheaper than 81% among 31 Maine colleges with a reported figure. The state median is $17,510.
- $29,351
- average net price
- $17,510
- Maine median
- 4.1×
- six-year earnings to median debt
- $43,489
- reported income-bracket spread
Aid here is steeply income-scaled. Families reporting under $30,000 of income record a net price of $2,397, while those above $110,000 record $45,886 - roughly 19.1 times as much. A published average of $29,351 therefore describes very few families well; the bracket nearest your own income is the more useful figure.
Six-year median earnings of $59,202 run about 2.0 times the annual net price. The margin is real but narrow, so how many years of price a student actually pays matters a great deal here.
Average net price reflects grant and scholarship aid for aided students, not a personal offer. Earnings cover former students who received federal aid; neither measure predicts an individual's outcome.
Academic & Financial Profile
Tuition & Costs
- In-State Tuition
- $66,590
- Out-of-State Tuition
- $66,590
- Avg Net Price
- $29,351
- Median Debt
- $14,275
- Pell Grant Recipients
- 12%
Admissions
- Acceptance Rate
- 13%
- SAT Average
- 1468
- SAT Math Range
- 710-780
- ACT Range
- 31-34
Outcomes
- 4-Year Graduation Rate
- 90%
- Retention Rate
- 91%
- Median Earnings (6yr)
- $59,202
- Median Earnings (10yr)
- $69,498
- Loan Repayment (3yr)
- 90%
Source: IPEDS & College Scorecard. Methodology.
Similar Institutions
Showing 5 of 1,319 similar institutions by enrollment size.
Southwest Mississippi Community College
Summit, MS · 1,758 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, IN · 1,763 enrolled
Safety Score 0.00
University of Dubuque
Dubuque, IA · 1,757 enrolled
Safety Score 14.23
Adrian College
Adrian, MI · 1,765 enrolled
Safety Score 3.97
Glenville State University
Glenville, WV · 1,765 enrolled
Safety Score 2.27
Closest by National Rank
Bates College (national rank #1736) sits near Chadron State College (#1735) and Queens University of Charlotte (#1737) on the scored national list, nearest by rank, not by size or state.
Nationwide campuses with similar scale or Clery rate
Two Clery-derived peer sets for Bates College, both outside ME so the neighborhoods are not state containment (Similar Institutions and national-rank neighbors above stay enrollment- or rank-based).
Similar enrollment (nationwide)
University of Dubuque
Dubuque, IA · 1,757 enrolled
Safety score 14.23
University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, IN · 1,763 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Adrian College
Adrian, MI · 1,765 enrolled
Safety score 3.97
Glenville State University
Glenville, WV · 1,765 enrolled
Safety score 2.27
Florida Polytechnic University
Lakeland, FL · 1,769 enrolled
Safety score 5.65
Muskingum University
New Concord, OH · 1,751 enrolled
Safety score 8.57
Zane State College
Zanesville, OH · 1,769 enrolled
Safety score 0.00
Missouri Valley College
Marshall, MO · 1,770 enrolled
Safety score 8.47
Similar 2024 Clery rate (nationwide)
Queens University of Charlotte
Charlotte, NC · 1,599 enrolled
Safety score 6.25
Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL · 2,874 enrolled
Safety score 6.26
Creighton University
Omaha, NE · 8,581 enrolled
Safety score 6.29
SUNY at Purchase College
Purchase, NY · 3,333 enrolled
Safety score 6.30
Chadron State College
Chadron, NE · 2,098 enrolled
Safety score 6.20
Bluffton University
Bluffton, OH · 646 enrolled
Safety score 6.19
Walla Walla University
College Place, WA · 1,426 enrolled
Safety score 6.31
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, IL · 1,582 enrolled
Safety score 6.32
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Bates College safe?
Bates College has a safety score of 6.25 (2024 on-campus Criminal Offenses and VAWA incidents per 1,000 enrolled students) and ranks #1,736 nationally out of 2,072 ranked institutions - nearest similar-enrollment comparison: Southwest Mississippi Community College (0.00/1k). Same-state same-level set: Bowdoin College (6.91/1k); Thomas College (0.00/1k); University of Maine at Fort Kent (0.00/1k); Saint Joseph's College of Maine (4.13/1k); University of Maine at Farmington (6.67/1k); Colby College (9.12/1k); Maine Maritime Academy (0.00/1k); University of Maine at Presque Isle (0.35/1k).
What crimes are reported at Bates College?
For calendar year 2024, Bates College reported Burglary (5), Rape (3), Motor Vehicle Theft (2) and Arson (1) in the Criminal Offenses section. Every other category in that section was reported at zero; other Clery tables are separate.
How does Bates College compare to similar schools?
Bates College reports 53% more 2024 score-category incidents per 1,000 than Southwest Mississippi Community College. Scored similar-enrollment peers on this page: Southwest Mississippi Community College (0.00/1k); University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne (0.00/1k); University of Dubuque (14.23/1k); Adrian College (3.97/1k); Glenville State University (2.27/1k). Same-state same-level set: Bowdoin College (6.91/1k); Thomas College (0.00/1k); University of Maine at Fort Kent (0.00/1k); Saint Joseph's College of Maine (4.13/1k); University of Maine at Farmington (6.67/1k); Colby College (9.12/1k); Maine Maritime Academy (0.00/1k); University of Maine at Presque Isle (0.35/1k).
Does Bates College have fire safety data?
Yes. Bates College reports fire safety data for on-campus residential facilities, including total fires, injuries, deaths, and fire damage categories. 2 fires were reported in the most recent year.
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