$82,735
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Bowdoin College is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Brunswick, Maine with 1,873 undergraduates. Its average net price after grants is $14,398 a year (tuition and fees $67,832). It admits 7.1% of applicants and 95% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $82,735 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $18,500 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$14,398
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$67,832
US median $11,837
Admission rate
7.1%
US median 78%
Completion rate
95%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
$18,500
About $196 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$82,735
Rank 161 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $14,398
- Tuition and fees
- $67,832
- Cost of attendance
- $85,100
- Students with a need-based grant
- 17%
- Students with federal loans
- 8.4%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $3,145
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $2,800
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $9,007
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $13,801
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $35,196
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $48,212 in 2015-16 to $67,832 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 7.1%
- Average SAT
- 1,520
- Undergraduates
- 1,873
- Part-time students
- 0.1%
- Women
- 52%
- Students per teacher
- 9
- Completion rate
- 95%
- Retention rate
- 97%
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Programs
- 36
- Endowment
- $2.6B
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 161 of 5,094 US colleges and 2 of 32 in Maine (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | ME median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $14,398 | $17,510 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $67,832 | $12,983 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 7.1% | 80% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 95% | 55% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 97% | 74% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | $18,500 | $19,328 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $61,692 | $40,444 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $82,735 | $43,890 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 90% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 83% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
36 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EconomicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 85 | $19,500 | $75,867 | $121,983 | $82,686 |
| Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's | Bachelor's | 77 | $19,634 | $60,626 | $89,253 | $63,293 |
| Biology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 47 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $57,214 |
| MathematicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 41 | Withheld | $90,213 | Withheld | $69,562 |
| Area StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 39 | $24,000 | $45,315 | $75,966 | $56,625 |
| English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 36 | Withheld | $49,421 | Withheld | $48,590 |
| Research and Experimental PsychologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 29 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $55,695 |
| Computer ScienceBachelor's | Bachelor's | 28 | Withheld | Withheld | $137,611 | $107,009 |
| Neurobiology and NeurosciencesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 28 | $19,500 | $43,373 | Withheld | $62,451 |
| HistoryBachelor's | Bachelor's | 26 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $50,680 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 25 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $65,466 |
| Education, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 22 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| PhysicsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 19 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $76,786 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchBachelor's | Bachelor's | 18 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $55,012 |
| SociologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 17 | Withheld | $47,749 | Withheld | $52,657 |
| Fine and Studio ArtsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 16 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $41,367 |
| Human Computer InteractionBachelor's | Bachelor's | 15 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| ChemistryBachelor's | Bachelor's | 14 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $65,120 |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/GeosciencesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 12 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $60,190 |
| AnthropologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 12 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $46,676 |
| Religion/Religious StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 9 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $41,390 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 8 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $51,710 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 8 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $55,459 |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 7 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $49,429 |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 6 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $62,169 |
In the area
- Jobs, pay and new homes: the county of Brunswick and Maine on Local Economy
- More colleges: All colleges in Maine
- Homes: Homes for sale in Maine
Questions and answers
How much does Bowdoin College cost?
$14,398 a year is the average net price at Bowdoin College after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $67,832, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $85,100. Families earning under $30,000 pay $3,145 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Bowdoin College?
7.1% of applicants are admitted to Bowdoin College. The average SAT score of admitted students is 1,520. The median admission rate of colleges in Maine is 80%.
How much do Bowdoin College graduates earn?
$82,735 a year is the median pay of former Bowdoin College students who work, 10 years after they started ($61,692 after 6 years). That ranks 161 of 5,094 US colleges and 2 of 32 in Maine. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Mathematics (Bachelor's) at $90,213.
How much student debt do Bowdoin College graduates have?
$18,500 is the median federal student loan debt of Bowdoin College graduates, about $196 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 8.4% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Bowdoin College?
95% of first-time, full-time students at Bowdoin College finish within 6 years. 97% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of private nonprofit 4-year colleges is 57%.
What are the most popular majors at Bowdoin College?
Economics (85 bachelor's graduates), Political Science and Government (77 bachelor's graduates), Biology, General (47 bachelor's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 36 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.