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College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Bowdoin College was awarded 72 badges in the 2026 rankings.
Bowdoin is ranked #64 out of 5,192 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual’s 2026 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation.
Bowdoin is also ranked #1 on the Best Colleges in Maine list.
See all of the rankings for Bowdoin College.
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Bowdoin with a bachelor’s degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $53,747 in their early years. That’s great news for Bowdoin students since it is 32% more than the average college graduate’s salary of $40,669 per year.