"The school's student body is very diverse. However, I would like to see an increase in the diversity of the faculty." - Anonymous, Chamberlain Scholar, Class of 2009
Socio-economic Make-up of Students
18% of students at Bowdoin have family incomes below $60,000 (economicdiversity.org)
12% of students at Bowdoin receive Federal Pell Grants, which mostly go to students whose family incomes are below $40,000 (economicdiversity.org)
A Bowdoin student writes about financial aid and socioeconomic diversity at Bowdoin and the experience of lower-income students. Read the article in The Bowdoin Orient.
Bowdoin has been listed as having the highest yield of Black students out of the 24 liberal arts colleges investigated by The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Read more about racial diversity at Bowdoin.
Read about the vastly different life experiences of Bowdoin students in a series written for their student newspaper, The Bowdoin Orient.
Regional Diversity:
89% of student body from outside the state of Maine
