Private nonprofit · Brunswick, Maine
Bowdoin College: cost, debt and earnings by major
8 programs with reported graduate earnings. Click one for net cost, payback and 10-year return.
- Average net price, all families
- $15,595
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Odds of finishing
- 93%
- Within 150% of normal time · Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Admission rate
- 7%
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Undergraduates
- 1,873
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Median debt of graduates
- $15,000
- NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
- Borrowers in default after 2 years
- ≤ 5%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Net price by family income
| $0–30,000 | $3,318 |
|---|---|
| $30,001–48,000 | $5,634 |
| $48,001–75,000 | $8,694 |
| $75,001–110,000 | $16,219 |
| $110,000+ | $40,929 |
What families paid per year after grants, AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.
Bachelor's programs (8)
- Computer Science$137,611
- Economics$121,983
- Political Science and Government$89,253
- Area Studies$75,966
- Mathematics$73,412 (1 yr)
- English Language and Literature, General$56,516 (1 yr)
- Sociology$50,091 (1 yr)
- Biology, General$38,860 (1 yr)