Sociology at Bowdoin College

Every sociology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the sociology 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 the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students received a bachelor's degree in sociology from Bowdoin.

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

Bowdoin Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Bowdoin Sociology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the sociology 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 sociology major at Bowdoin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sociology. 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 Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
Best Sociology Schools	25
Most Focused Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	46
	85
	89
Best Value Sociology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	320
Most Popular Sociology Schools	360

Earnings of Bowdoin Sociology Graduates

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Bowdoin is $34,060. This is 11% higher than $30,566, which is the national average for all sociology bachelor's degree recipients.

Sociology Student Demographics at Bowdoin

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

Bowdoin Sociology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Bowdoin. About 71% of these graduates were women and the other 29% were men. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at Bowdoin since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bowdoin College with a bachelor's in sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	11
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Economics
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Sociology Grads May Go Into

A degree in sociology 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
Sociology Professors	60	$69,560

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.