African Studies at Bowdoin College

Every african studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the african studies program at Bowdoin College stacks up to those at other schools.

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 African Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Bowdoin African Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in African Studies

Bowdoin African Studies Rankings

The african studies major at Bowdoin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for African Studies. 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.

African Studies Student Demographics at Bowdoin

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

Bowdoin African Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of african studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its african studies 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 african studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Italian Studies
• Latin American Studies
• French Studies
• Asian Studies
• Spanish & Iberian Studies

Careers That African Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in african studies 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
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	40	$79,080

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
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.