Music at Bowdoin College

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

Bowdoin is located in Brunswick, Maine and approximately 1,777 students attend the school each year. Of the 619 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College in 2021, 4 of them were music majors.

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

Bowdoin Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

Bowdoin Music Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the music 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 music major at Bowdoin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music. 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 Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	480
Most Focused Music Schools	608
Most Popular Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	658
Most Popular Music Schools	797

Music Student Demographics at Bowdoin

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

Bowdoin Music Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 music students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Bowdoin, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Bowdoin since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music 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 music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Drama & Theater Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts

Careers That Music Grads May Go Into

A degree in music 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	300	$70,930

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.