Bowdoin College

Overview

• Bowdoin is a small liberal arts college on the the Atlantic coast in Brunswick, Maine, located 2 1/2 hours driving distance from Boston. Map.
• Bowdoin enrolls approximately 1,775 undergraduate students.
• As of 2008, Bowdoin eliminated loans for all new and current students receiving financial aid, replacing those loans with grants beginning with the 2008-09 academic year.
• Bowdoin is the first college in Maine to eliminate loans for all students.

• Visit Bowdoin's website at www.bowdoin.edu.
• Request that Bowdoin mail you additional information.
• View Bowdoin's Class of 2016 profile. 
• Connect with Bowdoin student blogs and podcasts.

Socio-economic Diversity

• 16% of students receiving financial aid at Bowdoin have family incomes below $60,000.
• 13% of students at Bowdoin receive Federal Pell Grants, which mostly go to students whose family incomes are below $40,000.
• 12% of students in the Class of 2016 are the first member of their family to attend a four-year college.
  
  

Racial/Ethnic Diversity
African American	6%
Asian American	7%
Caucasian	65%
Hispanic	12%
Nonresident	4%
Native American and Native Hawaiian	<1%
Two or more races	6%
Unknown	1%

 

Gender Ratio
Female	51%
Male	49%