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Computer Science at Bowdoin College

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at Bowdoin College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Bowdoin is located in Brunswick, Maine and has a total student population of 1,777. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 24 students received a bachelor's degree in computer science from Bowdoin.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

Bowdoin Computer Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Bowdoin Computer Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the computer science progam at Bowdoin compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer science major at Bowdoin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools 92
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools 151
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools 282
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools 366

Computer Science Student Demographics at Bowdoin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer science majors at Bowdoin College.

Bowdoin Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

29% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The computer science program at Bowdoin awarded 24 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 71% of these degrees went to men with the other 29% going to women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Bowdoin since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bowdoin College with a bachelor's in computer science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 9
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Bowdoin also has a doctoral program available in computer science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for ME, the home state for Bowdoin College.

Occupation Jobs in ME Average Salary in ME
Software Applications Developers 2,270 $90,190
Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,350 $124,130
Computer Workers 890 $79,790
Computer Programmers 780 $84,830
Computer Network Support Specialists 720 $63,800

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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