Colgate vs. Bates vs. Wesleyan vs. Hamilton

Sue22
Sat, 12 Jan 2013 22:04:47 +0000

On average Wesleyan students graduate with the most debt of the 4 colleges. Colgate is next. The two Maine states are lowest and within about a few hundred dollars of each other. Colgate, Bates and Bowdoin all specify that FA packages for international students are made up of grants and work-study. Wesleyan doesn’t say whether they expect international students to take out loans. Wesleyan has the Freeman Asian Scholars program, which provides 4-year scholarships to up to 11 students.

[Project on Student Debt: State by State Data](http://projectonstudentdebt.org/state_by_state-data.php)

As to which has the best atmosphere for internationals, you’ll get subjective answers based on the schools posters know best, and since no one here has attended all 4 you probably won’t get very useful comparisons. DH attended one of these schools and loved it but for all I know he would have liked another equally well.