unitid 161004 · Brunswick, ME · private nonprofit 4-year · town (fringe)
Bowdoin College
- enrollment 2023
- 1,996
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
7%
2nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
1,873
73rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
17%
undergrads on Pell grants
15th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
95%
finish within 150% time
97th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$85,100
95th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$14,398
after aid, aided students
18th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$82,735
after entry, Title IV students
93rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$18,500
16th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $3,145 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $61,623
- First-generation students
- 19%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $67,832
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.5× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economics. | 85 | $122,126 | $19,500 |
| Political Science and Government. | 77 | $83,716 | $19,634 |
| Biology, General. | 47 | — | — |
| Mathematics. | 41 | $159,954 | — |
| Area Studies. | 39 | — | $24,000 |
| English Language and Literature, General. | 36 | — | — |
| Research and Experimental Psychology. | 29 | — | — |
| Computer Science. | 28 | $177,788 | — |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences. | 28 | — | $19,500 |
| History. | 26 | — | — |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. | 25 | — | — |
| Education, General. | 22 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.