Coaching staff
- Lara-Jane QueHead Coach of Track & Field
- Matthew HarmonAssociate Head Coach (Throws)
- Ben RaphelsonHead Coach
- Marcques HoustonAssistant Coach (Horizontal Jumps)
- Abby MinottAssistant Coach (Vertical Jumps)
Campus and facilities
At Bowdoin, chalk dust still flies. Students rarely skip class. Laptops are few and far between, except in courses that depend on them—like Robotics, or Nature-Inspired Computation, or Digital Media. BC have average class sizes of fewer than 20 students per class with a student-faculty ratio of 9:1.
- Established
- 1794
- Website
- bowdoin.edu
Facilities
Whittier FieldOutdoor track400m · polyurethane / rubber · Outdoor
Jack-Magee-Joan Benoit Samuelson TrackOutdoor track400m · polyurethane / rubber · Outdoor
William Farley Field HouseIndoor track200m · polyurethane / rubber · Indoor · flat- Peter Buck Center for Health and WellnessWeight Room
- Peter Buck Center for Health and WellnessFitness Centre
- Pickard Field Cross-Country CourseCross country course
Academics
Language
English is the language of instruction at BC
Fields of study
Learn more about academic programs at Bowdoin College →
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Art
- Department of Biology
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Classics
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Earth and Oceanographic Studies
- Department of Economics
- Department of Education
- Department of English
- Department of German
- Department of Government and Legal Studies
- Department of History
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Music
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Physics
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Religion
- Department of Romance Languages and Literature
- Department of Russian
- Department of Theater and Dance
Admissions and graduation
- Acceptance rate, fall 2024
- 7%
- ACT middle 50%, fall 2024
- 33–35
- SAT reading middle 50%, fall 2024
- 730–770
- SAT math middle 50%, fall 2024
- 740–780
- Graduated within six years
- 95%
Graduation rate for full-time students who started in fall 2018. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard
Cost
Tuition and fees, 2024–25
- In-state and out-of-state
- $67,832 USD
- International (same as out-of-state)
- $67,832 USD
Full cost for a first-year student
- Cost of attendance, 2023–24
- $85,100 USD
- Average net price, 2023–24
- $14,398 USD
Cost of attendance is tuition, fees, books, housing and food for a year. Net price is what students who got federal aid paid on average after grants and scholarships.
- $0 to $30,000
- $3,145 USD
- $30,001 to $48,000
- $2,800 USD
- $48,001 to $75,000
- $9,007 USD
- $75,001 to $110,000
- $13,801 USD
- Over $110,000
- $35,196 USD