	Bowdoin College 2016 University Academic Rankings
Bowdoin College (/ËˆboÊŠdáµ»n/ BOH-din) is a private liberal arts college located in Brunswick, Maine. Founded in 1794, by the Massachusetts State Legislature, the college was the easternmost college in the United States. The college is named after former Massachusetts governor James Bowdoin, whose son James Bowdoin III was an early benefactor. Bowdoin currently enrolls 1,839 students, and has been coeducational since 1971. Bowdoin offers 33 majors and four additional minors, and has a student-faculty ratio of 9:1. The college is a member of the eight Little Ivies, and has historically shared a close relationship with Bates College and Colby College. The three schools compete in the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium, which is an athletic rivalry and academic exchange program. Bowdoin competes in the New England Small College Athletic Conference as the Polar Bears. The main Bowdoin campus is located near Casco Bay and the Androscoggin River, 12 miles north of Freeport, Maine, and 18 miles north of Portland, Maine. In addition to its Brunswick campus, Bowdoin also owns a 118-acre coastal studies center on Orr's Island and a 200-acre scientific field station on Kent Island in the Bay of Fundy. Bowdoin was ranked as tied for the fourth-best liberal arts college by U.S. News & World Report, 21st by Forbes, and 35th by Washington Monthly. Bowdoin College was chartered in 1794 by the Massachusetts State Legislature and was later redirected under the jurisdiction of the Maine Legislature. It was named for former Massachusetts governor James Bowdoin, whose son James Bowdoin III was an early benefactor. At the time of its founding, it was the easternmost college in the United States, as it was located in Maine. Bowdoin began to develop in the 1820s, a decade in which Maine became an independent state as a result of the Missouri Compromise and graduated U.S. President Franklin Pierce who played an integral role the nation's enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act, and advocated for the land rights of cotton plantations. The college also graduated two literary philosophers, the writers Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both of whom graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1825. Franklin and Hawthorne began an official militia company called the 'Bowdoin Cadets'. From its founding, Bowdoin was known to educate the sons of the politically elite and "catered very largely to the wealthy conservative from the state of Maine." With the establishment of Bates College in nearby Lewiston, Bowdoin has historically competed with the school academically, and athletically, due to the natural rivalry that grew out of the stark difference between the two colleges, specifically regarding wealth, admissions, and academic platforms. Many alumni of Bowdoin subsequently went on to develop Bates during the 1860s and alumni of Bates lectured at Bowdoin. During the first half of the 19th century, Bowdoin required of its students a certificate of "good moral character" as well as knowledge of Latin and Ancient Greek, geography, algebra and the major works of Cicero, Xenophon, Virgil and Homer. Harriet Beecher Stowe, "the little lady who started this big war", started writing her influential anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin in Bowdoin's Appleton Hall while her husband was teaching at the college, and Brigadier General (and Brevet Major General) Joshua Chamberlain, a Bowdoin alumnus and professor, was present at the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House in 1865. Chamberlain, a Medal of Honor recipient who later served as governor of Maine, adjutant-general of Maine, and president of Bowdoin, fought in Gettysburg, where he was in command of the 20th Maine in defense of Little Round Top. Major General Oliver Otis Howard, class of 1850, led the Freedmen's Bureau after the war and later founded ... [more on wikipedia]

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Bowdoin College Details

Bowdoin College Details
detail	value
state	Maine
conference	New England Small College Ath Conf
public	Private
scores	2165/1443/32
level	Elite
rank	[64
overall ROI rank	[162
size	small
undergrads	1805
grads	0
price	61650
drop	8
stem	18
research	0
scores valid	True

Common Questions...

What are the academic rankings for Bowdoin College?

1. number 64 for Academics.

2. number 162 for ROI (Return on Investment).

What universities are similar to Bowdoin College?

1. Williams College

2. Amherst College

3. Washington and Lee University

4. Hamilton College

5. Kenyon College

6. Pomona College

7. Rhodes College

National Academic Rankings

(summary of all ranking placements)

Bowdoin College National Academic Rankings

Bowdoin College National Academic Rankings
category	rank	scores	difficulty	smartest	brainpower	faculty	research	salary ROI	overall ROI
Top250	64	21	19	121	53	153	159	244	162
All	52	21	19	89	53	82	82	98	82
All Nonivy	46	15	15	85	45	79	79	97	82
Private	34	21	18	58	34	53	53	96	71
New England Region	27	11	10	52	24	60	60	97	61
State of Maine	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	11	5
Top Ten Top250	64	21	19	121	53	153	159	244	162
Top Ten State of Maine	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	10	5

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Bowdoin College Peer Universities, Similar Universities to Bowdoin College
match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
85.81	Williams College	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	58	161
79.95	Amherst College	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	86	158
79.70	Washington and Lee University	Virginia	Old Dominion Athletic Conference	Private	Elite	117	46
79.65	Hamilton College	New York	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	115	153
79.47	Kenyon College	Ohio	North Coast Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	147	91
79.43	Pomona College	California	Southern California Intercoll ...	Private	Elite	52	125
79.26	Rhodes College	Tennessee	Southern Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	191	147
79.23	Occidental College	California	Southern California Intercoll ...	Private	Excellent	158	162
79.20	Colorado College	Colorado	Southern Collegiate Athletic C...	Private	Excellent	149	160
79.14	Macalester College	Minnesota	Minnesota Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	133	146
79.03	Swarthmore College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Elite	67	48
78.87	Whitman College	Washington	Northwest Conference	Private	Excellent	153	154
78.86	Lewis & Clark College	Oregon	Northwest Conference	Private	Excellent	179	221
78.51	Wellesley College	Massachusetts	New England Women's & Men's At...	Private	Elite	78	158
78.42	Dickinson College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Excellent	187	201
78.16	Bryn Mawr College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Excellent	137	205
78.10	Middlebury College	Vermont	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	90	135
77.44	Wesleyan University	Connecticut	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	73	137
73.20	Davidson College	North Carolina	Pioneer Football League / Atla...	Private	Excellent	155	129
71.58	Gettysburg College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Excellent	170	148
70.73	Oberlin College	Ohio	North Coast Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	81	55
69.89	Brandeis University	Massachusetts	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	46	116
69.47	Dartmouth College	New Hampshire	Ivy League	Private	Elite	19	21
68.99	Tufts University	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	23	34
68.86	Yale University	Connecticut	Ivy League	Private	Elite	3	37
68.84	SUNY College at Geneseo	New York	State University of New York A...	Public	Excellent	111	184
68.76	University of Chicago	Illinois	University Athletic Association	Private	Elite	10	14
68.50	Brown University	Rhode Island	Ivy League	Private	Elite	25	34
68.42	Vanderbilt University	Tennessee	Southeastern Conference	Private	Elite	14	8
68.29	Washington University in St Louis	Missouri	University Athletic Association	Private	Elite	8	6
68.09	University of Notre Dame	Indiana	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Elite	31	12
68.00	Northwestern University	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	Private	Elite	11	13
67.71	University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Ivy League	Private	Elite	12	7
67.32	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Excellent	37	64
67.31	University of Southern California	California	Pacific 12 Conference	Private	Elite	22	81

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Bowdoin College Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Bowdoin College
match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
96.76	Williams College	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	58	161
95.85	Swarthmore College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Elite	67	48
94.71	New England Small College Ath Conf (Average)	-	New England Small College Ath Conf	-Conf-	Elite	-	144
93.16	Georgetown University	Washington DC	Patriot League / Big East Conf...	Private	Elite	42	88
91.75	Emory University	Georgia	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	36	29
91.36	University of Rochester	New York	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	39	93
91.28	Brandeis University	Massachusetts	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	46	116
90.51	Boston College	Massachusetts	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	47	75
89.28	Wake Forest University	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	66	50
88.81	SUNY at Binghamton	New York	America East	Public	Excellent	65	125
88.67	University of Miami	Florida	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	44	93
87.97	Tulane University of Louisiana	Louisiana	American Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	61	106
87.63	Southern Methodist University	Texas	American Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	80	73
87.57	George Washington University	Washington DC	Atlantic 10 Conference	Private	Excellent	51	135
86.07	Colorado School of Mines	Colorado	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Public	Good	84	24
85.85	Polytechnic Institute of New York University	New York	No Reported Affiliation	Private	Good	76	72
85.25	Boston University	Massachusetts	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	45	116
85.12	Colonial Athletic Association (Average)	-	Colonial Athletic Association	-Conf-	Excellent	-	112
82.31	Stony Brook University	New York	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Public	Good	62	109
81.88	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	Pennsylvania	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Good	50	75
81.13	University of California-Santa Barbara	California	Big West Conference	Public	Good	63	122
79.54	University of Connecticut	Connecticut	Big East Conference	Public	Good	87	139
79.15	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	Massachusetts	Mid - American Conference / At...	Public	AboveAverage	88	144
78.12	University of Iowa	Iowa	Big Ten Conference	Public	Good	68	79
77.37	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Virginia	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Good	75	40
76.49	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	New Jersey	Big Ten Conference	Public	AboveAverage	56	115
76.14	Pennsylvania State University	Pennsylvania	Big Ten Conference	Public	AboveAverage	53	84
71.26	Texas A & M University-College Station	Texas	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	71	22

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