Bowdoin College
- A+Overall Grade
- 4 Year
- Brunswick, ME
- 698 reviews
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- AcademicsA+
- ValueA+
- DiversityA
- CampusA
- AthleticsB
- Party SceneB
- ProfessorsA+
- LocationB+
- DormsA+
- Campus FoodA+
- Student LifeA
- SafetyB+
Bowdoin (bo-d'n) may surprise you. Situated in a coastal Maine town, we produce leading scholars, innovators, and humanitarians. Alumni include Reed Hastings (CEO/founder of Netflix) and DeRay Mckesson (Black Lives Matter). Students balance rigorous academics with the fun of more than 100 student clubs. Unfamiliar with Maine? We have beaches, mountains, food trucks, and upscale restaurants. We sport L.L.Bean boots while engaging in social justice and community service. Bowdoin students, diverse in backgrounds and interests, are funded by an annual financial aid budget of $45 million.
Bowdoin College Rankings
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Admissions
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Academics
- 98%
- of students agree that professors put a lot of effort into teaching their classes.42 responses
- 66%
- of students agree that it is easy to get the classes they want.62 responses
- 40%
- of students agree that the workload is easy to manage.62 responses
Majors
Political Science and Government
101 GraduatesEconomics
73 GraduatesMathematics
48 GraduatesBiology
35 GraduatesComputer Science
32 GraduatesHistory
32 GraduatesNeuroscience and Neurobiology
31 GraduatesEnvironmental Science
29 GraduatesResearch and Experimental Psychology
29 GraduatesEuropean and Russian Studies
28 Graduates
Computer Science
The Department of Computer Science at Bowdoin encourages students to think critically and creatively to solve problems using algorithms. Our curricular offerings prepare graduates well for further study or professional careers in teaching, industry, and financial services.
Students
Campus Life
- 92%
- of students say they don't have Greek life.48 responses
- 66%
- of students say varsity sporting events are attended, but not a huge part of campus life.68 responses
After College
- 90%
- of students feel confident they will find a job in their field after graduation.21 responses
Bowdoin College Reviews
Socially it's like a Prep School on steroids, if you are looking for a party school this likely isn't the place for you, also the local Police are known to come down hard on the students and the school does more to ensure their reputation is intact than support their students.
As a high end academic school athletics is secondary. Historically they were well integrated into the culture, but as the school has evolved and eliminated things like sororities and fraternities, athletics, especially for the men, has become less valued.
Two examples come to mind. The men's football program has only won 3 games since 2015, and the hockey program, which has a very distinguished history, has struggled for the past 4-5 years since the long term coach retired, as his replacement has struggled.