Psychology at Bowdoin College

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if Bowdoin College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

Bowdoin is located in Brunswick, Maine and approximately 1,777 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Bowdoin.

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

Bowdoin Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Bowdoin Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology 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 psychology major at Bowdoin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. 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 Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	889
Most Popular Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	956
Most Popular Psychology Schools	1,210
Most Focused Psychology Schools	1,212

Psychology Student Demographics at Bowdoin

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

Bowdoin Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at Bowdoin awarded 23 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 17% of these degrees went to men with the other 83% going to women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Bowdoin College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Child Development & Psychology	23

Related Majors

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

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	1,380	$96,570
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	290	$75,620
Psychology Professors	180	$73,000
Psychologists	60	$82,790

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.