Religious Studies at Bowdoin College

Every religious studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the religion program at Bowdoin College stacks up to those at other schools.

Bowdoin is located in Brunswick, Maine and approximately 1,777 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 7 religion majors received their bachelor's degree from Bowdoin.

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

Bowdoin Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

Bowdoin Religious Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The religion major at Bowdoin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Religious 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
Most Popular Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	117
Most Focused Religious Studies Schools	150
Most Popular Religious Studies Schools	174

Religion Student Demographics at Bowdoin

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

Bowdoin Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a bachelor's degree in religion from Bowdoin. About 71% of these graduates were women and the other 29% were men. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at Bowdoin since its program graduates 38% more women than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Bowdoin are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its religion 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 religion.

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

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

Related Majors

• Philosophy

Careers That Religion Grads May Go Into

A degree in religion 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
Philosophy and Religion Professors	120	$82,740
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.