COA will be $1m, in 20 years (at this rate). I think people will pay it, and they could probably charge more. But that’s gonna be wild. In reality, I think it will be 30 years, because they seem pretty serious about limiting dollar inflation.
Actually, if you could invest the $360k well, it’s worth far over 1m. So people are already paying over 1m, in full monetary cost - but I’m not saying they don’t get something more valuable.
@sarahbrown24 , tuition increases are expected.
Bates is obviously expensive, but not more expensive than other NESCACs. A quick AI search (figures roughly rounded up, not verified and hastily done, so I doubt it is super accurate and if anyone can really be bothered to verify, please go for it, but I am not particularly worried about how accurate this is because it is probably reasonably accurate), puts Bates near the lower end (no longer middle, as per info from others.)
I doubt Williams will be as expensive as Amherst next year. I am somewhat surprised at that because Amherst must have a big endowment.
Note*: don’t hire me as a researcher 
No matter how you slice it, Bates is not an outlier.
Definitely not, but I am now very curious as to why Amherst is soooo expensive. I can sort of see that Tufts’ location adds to the cost.
Amherst is charging what the full-pay market will bear. I think all the NESCACs are.
The NESCACs charge roughly cost-based fees, and perhaps do not cover costs based on fees alone, even with full-pay families. Supply-and-demand based pricing in the conventional, free-market sense has not quite appeared as of yet.
That might be true of auxiliary enterprises like the bookstore and cafeteria (also housing to a large extent.) But everything else is a matter of how much money you can squeeze out of the endowment (which is not a piggy bank, but a conglomeration of hundreds of targeted funds) and tuition. What you might call a “cost” might also be called an “enrichment” which may have to be dialed back during times of financial distress.
I don’t remember what I was looking up(got distracted) and am not sure how A2C arrived at their conclusion, but it’s the first time I have seen Bowdoin ranked above Yale, even if just alphabetically at #5.
Williams and Amherst should be proud.
Ah. Just had to click on the school. USNWR is the source.
Just back home from DS’s commencement weekend at Bates. All the feels. We will dearly miss visiting campus and our Lewiston haunts but one thing we will not miss is that hefty tuition bill. Looking back, our annual tuition increases were 3.39%, 5.24%, and 3.62% for the years 2022/23 through 2024/25.
We are at peace with the investment though, our son could not have had a better college education or experience than he did. Greeting Bates President Garry Jenkins at a reception on Friday, he knew our son’s name, where he was from, and where he is headed to next. DH and I were astonished, both of us had attended state flagships as faceless, numbered students. We are evangelists now for the NESCAC schools - superlative academics, athletics and arts education delivered in a cocoon of personal support.
DS is not quite finished as Bates is sending boats to the rowing nationals this week. Go Bobcats!
Ahh. The president knowing my name. My mom remembered that for the rest of her life.
It truly is a special place and the empathy of Pres Jenkins goes a long long way.
My D just finished her sophomore year at Bates, and we could not be happier with her experience so far (and yes, President Jenkins does know her name).
The students really do love President Jenkins! I remember when he started, and then the Lewiston shooting happened a couple of miles away. That was quite a lot for a new president – he handled it well and has really found ways to connect with students all around campus. I did not know he knew so many of the students’ names – that is great to hear!
And you got it.
In women’s rowing, it was a NESCAC super sweep (with Wellesley uncharacteristically out of the T4):
Tufts wins back to back titles.
Top 4 all NESCAC! Go Bobcats!
You don’t have to click on anything. It’s just a mashing together of the US News National University and National LAC rankings, giving effect to rankings on both lists.
At least that’s how it appears for the first 15 to 20 schools. I stopped looking after that.
For those interested in such a path, Amherst, Williams, Middlebury, Hamilton and Bowdoin appear in this site as Wall Street and IB feeder schools:
Directionally in the ballpark, but anything that relies on LinkedIn is susceptible to including back office non-client facing positions as IB analysts. Some of the larger state schools and “surprising” schools may have a high proportion on non-client facing graduates included in their totals.
On the other hand, their adjusted ranking may underrate some schools that have feeder undergrad business schools, such as Stern, Wharton and Ross. A more insightful list should treat these types of undergrad business schools separate from the rest of the university. The prospects of a history or even an Econ major at NYU is much different than a Finance major at Stern.
