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Bowdoin College

Total
Students
Full-Time
Undergrads
Percent Accepted Percent Women Resident Tuition & Fees Non-Res. Tuition & Fees Room & Board
1,7341,72621%50%$34,640$34,640$9,310
Year last surveyed2007
Address5000 College Station
Brunswick ME 04011
Phone(207) 725-3000
Admissionsfax: (207) 725-3003
Carnegie ClassificationBaccalaureate Colleges – Liberal Arts
Typefour-year college [awards bachelor's and possibly associate degrees, but no graduate degrees]
Student BodyCoeducational
Established1794
Institutional ControlPrivate – Nonprofit
Academic CalendarSemesters

Admissions Details: Bowdoin College

Currency type for cost data.US dollars
Number of applicants as degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students.5,401
Number of applicants admitted as degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students.1,165
Number of men applicants as degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students.2,396
Number of women applicants as degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students.3,005
Number of men applicants admitted as degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students.557
Number of women applicants admitted as degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students.608
Does institution have policy of placing students on a waiting list?yes
Does institution have an open admissions policy?no
Does institution have a preferential admission policy?no
Does the institution have Early Admission?no
Does the institution accept an International Baccalaureate.yes
Does the institution have an Early Action plan.no
Does the institution have an Early Decision plan.yes
Does the institution has a Deferred Admission option?yes
High school completion requirement degree seeking entering students.required, GED not accepted.
Fall freshmen application deadline.January 1
Fall freshmen application deadline type indicator.specific deadline date.
Fall freshmen notification deadline.April 5
Fall freshmen notification deadline type indicator (may be continuous up to a specific date).specific deadline date.
Other Early Decision plan application deadline.January 1
Other Early Decision plan application deadline type indicator.specific deadline date.
Other Early Decision plan notification deadline.February 15
Other Early Decision plan notification deadline type indicator.specific deadline date.
Early Decision application deadline.November 15
Early Decision application deadline type indicator.specific deadline date.
Fall transfers application deadline.March 1
Fall transfers application deadline type indicator.specific deadline date.
Early Decision notification deadline.December 31
Early Decision notification deadline type indicator.specific deadline date.
Fall transfers notification deadline.April 1
Fall transfers notification deadline type indicator (may be continuous up to a specific date).specific deadline date.
Application fee.$60
Number of Early Decision applicants.623
Number of Early Decision applicants who were admitted.189
Does the institution accept electronic applications.yes
Does the institution have an admission video available to prospective students.yes
Does the institution have an electronic viewbook available to prospective students.no
Entrance difficulty level for all or most students.most difficult
Entrance difficulty level for transfer students.most difficult
Latest date by which SATI or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission.January 1
Latest date by which SATII scores must be received for fall-term admission.January 1
No age limit exists for completed credits/courses to be transferred to the institution.yes
Credit for military service.no
Accepts ACE recommendations for credit.no

Data Source: Peterson's Undergraduate Dataset, © 2007. All rights reserved.

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