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General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics at Bowdoin College

General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics at Bowdoin College

If you are interested in studying general classics & classical languages, literatures, & linguistics, you may want to check out the program at Bowdoin College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics section at the bottom of this page.

Bowdoin General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Classical Languages

Bowdoin General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Rankings

The classical languages major at Bowdoin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics. 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.

Classical Languages Student Demographics at Bowdoin

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

Bowdoin General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics Bachelor’s Program

43% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 57% of classical languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical classical languages bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at Bowdoin since its program graduates 17% more men than average.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in classical languages at Bowdoin are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its classical languages 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 classical languages.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Classical Languages Grads May Go Into

A degree in classical languages 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
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 130 $70,040

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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