Bowdoin College - Academics Overview

Most Popular Majors

Political Science

Economics

English and literature

Biology

History

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Available Majors and Career Preparation

Bowdoin offers 50 programs of study varying from Chemical Physics to Gender and Women’s Studies. See the entire list of available majors at Bowdoin.
Interested in Engineering? Bowdoin offers a 3-2 program in engineering with Columbia University, the University of Maine, and Caltech. Through this program, Bowdoin students take 3 years at Bowdoin followed by 2 years at the participating university, earning both a BA from Bowdoin and a BS in engineering. Learn more.
Interested in being Pre-Med? Bowdoin offers a variety of science programs to prepare students to apply for medical school. Bowdoin offers majors and programs of study in Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Physics, and Physics.
Interested in being Pre-Law? While no particular track or major is necessary to apply to law school, Bowdoin offers a unique major called Government and Legal Studies which may be of interest to students interested in attending law school.
Interested in Business? Bowdoin offers majors including Economics and Mathematics & Economics which prepare students for future work in business.

Rankings from the Princeton Review's 2009 Best 371 Colleges