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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies from Bowdoin.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks ethnic studies programs across the country. The following shows how Bowdoin performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Best Ethnic Studies Schools	2
	5
	5
Best Value Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Value Ethnic Studies Schools	15
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Schools	125
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	234
Most Popular Ethnic Studies Schools	306

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

Of the 5 ethnic studies students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Bowdoin, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ethnic 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 ethnic studies.

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

Bowdoin also has a doctoral program available in ethnic studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.