Ethnic Studies at Bowdoin College

If you plan to study ethnic studies, 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 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 Ethnic Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Bowdoin Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

Bowdoin Ethnic Studies Rankings

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

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at Bowdoin

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

Bowdoin Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of ethnic studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical ethnic studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at Bowdoin since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Ethnic Studies

The following ethnic studies concentations are available at Bowdoin College. 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
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other	5

Related Majors

• Area Studies

Careers That Ethnic Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in ethnic 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
Interpreters and Translators	140	$63,210
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.