Bowdoin College Overview

Located in Brunswick, Maine, Bowdoin College is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of Bowdoin is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

What Is Bowdoin College Known For?

• Bowdoin has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 9 to 1.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the bachelor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Bowdoin.
• During a recent academic cycle, 88% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Bowdoin makes roughly $82,735 a year. This is 103% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• It takes the average Bowdoin student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Bowdoin College?

Contact details for Bowdoin are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	255 Maine Street, Brunswick, ME 04011
Phone:	207-725-3000
Website:	www.bowdoin.edu

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How Do I Get Into Bowdoin?

You can apply to Bowdoin online at: https://www.bowdoin.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for Bowdoin

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	5

How Hard Is It To Get Into Bowdoin?

The acceptance rate at Bowdoin is 9%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 10%, and the acceptance rate for women is 9%.

Average Test Scores

About 36% of students accepted to Bowdoin submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 720 and 770. Math scores were between 740 and 790.

Bowdoin received ACT scores from 21% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 34 and 36. Math scores were between 31 and 0. Composite scores were between 33 and 35.

Can I Afford Bowdoin College?

The overall average net price of Bowdoin is $48,671. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Bowdoin, approximately 10% of students took out student loans averaging $10,512 a year. That adds up to $42,048 over four years for those students.

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Bowdoin College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,777 undergraduate students at Bowdoin, with 1,776 being full-time and 1 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,776 full-time undergraduates at Bowdoin, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Bowdoin College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	166
Black or African American	137
Hispanic or Latino	189
White	998
International Students	128
Other Races/Ethnicities	158

Geographic Diversity

Maine students aren't the only ones who study at Bowdoin College. At this time, 42 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 35 countries are represented at Bowdoin. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Canada, and South Korea.

Bowdoin College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Economics	85	85
Political Science & Government	77	77
General Biology	47	47
Mathematics	41	41
Area Studies	39	39
General English Literature	36	36
Child Development & Psychology	29	29
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	28	28
Computer Science	28	28
History	26	26
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	25	25
General Education	22	22
Physics	19	19
Natural Resources Conservation	18	18
Sociology	17	17
Fine & Studio Arts	16	16
Human Computer Interaction	15	15
Chemistry	14	14
Geological & Earth Sciences	12	12
Anthropology	12	12
Religious Studies	9	9
Ethnic Studies	8	8
Germanic Languages	8	8
Classical Languages & Literature	7	7
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	6	6
Music	6	6
General Visual & Performing Arts	5	5
Philosophy	4	4
Mathematics & Computer Science	3	3
Teacher Education Subject Specific	2	2
Romance Languages	2	2
Drama & Theater Arts	1	1
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0
Archeology	0	0
TOTAL	667	667

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.