Anthropology at Bowdoin College

If you plan to study anthropology, take a look at what Bowdoin College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Bowdoin is located in Brunswick, Maine and has a total student population of 1,777. Of the 619 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College in 2021, 12 of them were anthropology majors.

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

Bowdoin Anthropology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology

Bowdoin Anthropology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the anthropology 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 anthropology major at Bowdoin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Anthropology. 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
Best Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Best Anthropology Schools	9
	21
	23
Most Focused Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
Most Focused Anthropology Schools	37
Best Value Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	142
Best Value Anthropology Schools	159
Most Popular Anthropology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	221
Most Popular Anthropology Schools	272

Anthropology Student Demographics at Bowdoin

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

Bowdoin Anthropology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 anthropology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Bowdoin, about 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical anthropology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% men. So male students are more repesented at Bowdoin since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its anthropology 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 anthropology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Sociology
• Economics
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Anthropology Grads May Go Into

A degree in anthropology 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
Anthropology and Archeology Professors	30	$87,240

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.