General Education at Bowdoin College

45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying general education, you may want to check out the program at Bowdoin College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Bowdoin is located in Brunswick, Maine and approximately 1,777 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Education section at the bottom of this page.

Bowdoin General Education Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Education

Bowdoin General Education Rankings

The education major at Bowdoin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Education Student Demographics at Bowdoin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Bowdoin College.

Bowdoin General Education Bachelor’s Program

64% Women

45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of education bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Bowdoin since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at Bowdoin are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bowdoin College with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within General Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Bowdoin College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Education	13

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for ME, the home state for Bowdoin College.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Education Professors	360	$59,150

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
O*NET Online
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