Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College admitted 7.1% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1470–1550 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $15,595 a year. Within six years, 93% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 7.1%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1470–1550
- ACT middle 50%
- 33–35
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $88,820 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $15,595 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $3,318 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $71,740 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 93%
- Students who return for a second year
- 97%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $90,153 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,873
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 20%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9 to 1
- Campus setting
- Town
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 34%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 21%
- Physical sciences
- 10%
- Computer and information sciences
- 8%
- Area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies
- 5%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Colby College ME · 7.1% admitted
- Pomona College CA · 7.1% admitted
- Swarthmore College PA · 7.5% admitted
- Barnard College NY · 8.8% admitted
- Claremont McKenna College CA · 9.6% admitted
- New York University NY · 9.2% admitted
More colleges in Maine
- University of Maine ME · 97% admitted
- University of Southern Maine ME · 79% admitted
- Husson University ME · 81% admitted
- University of New England ME · 92% admitted
- University of Maine at Presque Isle ME · 100% admitted
- Bates College ME · 13% admitted
- University of Maine at Farmington ME · 97% admitted
- Saint Joseph's College of Maine ME · 84% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.