Which Bowdoin College major has the lowest debt?

Economics and Neuroscience graduates leave with a median of $19,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 4 Bowdoin College bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Bowdoin College cost?

Tuition and fees are $67,832 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $14,398 a year.

How many Bowdoin College programs report graduate pay?

7 bachelor's programs at Bowdoin College report first-year pay, and 4 of them also report federal debt.

Bowdoin College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit college
Brunswick, ME
1,873 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Bowdoin College bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Mathematics pays the most in the first year ($90,213), and Neuroscience the least ($43,373). The median program pays $49,421.

Tuition and fees$67,832Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$14,398Per year

Graduation rate95%Within 6 years

Admission rate7%Of applicants

All 7 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Maine" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Maine. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Maine
1	MathematicsAbout 41 graduates a year	$90,213	$159,954	Not reported	1st of 1
2	EconomicsAbout 85 graduates a year	$75,867	$122,126	$19,500	2nd of 5
3	Political ScienceAbout 77 graduates a year	$60,626	$83,716	$19,634	1st of 5
4	EnglishAbout 36 graduates a year	$49,421	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 4
5	SociologyAbout 17 graduates a year	$47,749	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 3
6	Area StudiesAbout 39 graduates a year	$45,315	Not reported	$24,000	2nd of 2
7	NeuroscienceAbout 28 graduates a year	$43,373	Not reported	$19,500	1st of 1

Program names link to the program's own page, and Maine ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Maine programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Mathematics$90,213
Economics$75,867
Political Science$60,626
English$49,421
Sociology$47,749

Lowest median debt

Economics$19,500
Neuroscience$19,500
Political Science$19,634
Area Studies$24,000

Largest programs

EconomicsAbout 85 graduates a year
Political ScienceAbout 77 graduates a year
MathematicsAbout 41 graduates a year
Area StudiesAbout 39 graduates a year
EnglishAbout 36 graduates a year

Common questions

Mathematics graduates earn a median of $90,213 in their first year, the most of 7 Bowdoin College bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Maine rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels