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History at Bowdoin College

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.

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 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.

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

46% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 54% of history bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to 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.

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About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history 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 history.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 19
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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