by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Classical Languages & Literature is a major offered under the foreign languages and linguistics program of study at Bowdoin College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in classical languages, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The classical languages major at Bowdoin is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Classical Languages. 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.
Here are some of the other rankings for Bowdoin.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Bowdoin was $1,090 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $55,822 | $55,822 |
| Fees | $528 | $528 |
| Books and Supplies | $840 | $840 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $13,440 | $13,440 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $1,250 | $1,250 |
Learn more about Bowdoin tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the Bowdoin classical languages bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Bowdoin Online Learning page.
Women made up around 14.3% of the classical languages students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 58.6%.
Around 14.3% of classical languages bachelor’s degree recipients at Bowdoin in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 18%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 5 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Classical Languages & Literature students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics | 7 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to classical languages and literature.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages | 6 |
| Germanic Languages | 11 |
| Romance Languages | 7 |
*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.
