History at Bowdoin College

If you are interested in studying history, 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. In 2021, 17 history majors received their bachelor's degree from Bowdoin.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in History section at the bottom of this page.

Bowdoin History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Bowdoin History Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the history progam at Bowdoin compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The history major at Bowdoin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for History. 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
Most Focused History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	128
Most Popular History Bachelor’s Degree Schools	425
Most Popular History Schools	503

History Student Demographics at Bowdoin

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

Bowdoin History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 17 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in history from Bowdoin in 2021, 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Bowdoin since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Bowdoin are white. This is typical 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 history.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within History

The following history concentations are available at Bowdoin College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Bowdoin College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	17

Related Majors

• Education
• Psychology
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Social Sciences

Careers That History Grads May Go Into

A degree in history 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
High School Teachers	5,790	$54,240
Managers	1,380	$96,570
History Professors	140	$73,350
Curators	90	$52,270
Museum Technicians and Conservators	90	$40,610

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.