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English at Bowdoin College

English at Bowdoin College

If you plan to study english, take a look at what Bowdoin College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Bowdoin is located in Brunswick, Maine and has a total student population of 1,777.

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

Bowdoin English Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in English Language

Bowdoin English Rankings

The english language major at Bowdoin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for English. 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.

English Language Student Demographics at Bowdoin

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

Bowdoin English Bachelor’s Program

72% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 28% of english language bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in english language at Bowdoin are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 27
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That English Language Grads May Go Into

A degree in english language 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
High School Teachers 5,790 $54,240
English Language and Literature Professors 390 $68,840

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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