French Studies at Bowdoin College

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

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 French Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Bowdoin French Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in French Studies

Bowdoin French Studies Rankings

The french studies major at Bowdoin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for French 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.

French Studies Student Demographics at Bowdoin

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

Bowdoin French Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of french studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical french studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% men. So male students are more repesented at Bowdoin since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in french studies 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 french studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

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

Careers That French Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in french 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.