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Bowdoin College Common Data Set 2025-26
METest policy: Test-optional: SAT/ACT not required for admission but considered if submitted; home-schooled applicants must submit a graded paper/lab assignment or SAT/ACT scores.Compare with other schoolsAP credit policy
Acceptance rate
6.8%
957 of 14,045
Early decision rate
14.9%
Non-ED pool: 5.5%
SAT middle 50%
1470–1540
ACT middle 50%
33–35
Who got into Bowdoin College: GPA and SAT of reported applicants
Accepted 38Waitlisted 46Rejected 60Preview
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GPA and SAT of 144 reported applicants, accepted vs. rejected.
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| AppliedC1 | 14,045 |
| AdmittedC1 | 957 |
| EnrolledC1 | 515 |
| YieldC1 | 53.8% |
| Early decisionC21 | 296 of 1,985 (14.9%) |
| Early actionC22 | Not offered |
Waitlist
| Offered a placeC2 | — |
| Accepted a placeC2 | — |
| Admitted from waitlistC2 | 5 |
| Odds if you stay on the listC2 | — |
Test scores and GPA
| Submitted SATC9 | 34.8% |
| Submitted ACTC9 | 17.3% |
| SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9 | 730–770 |
| SAT Math (25th–75th)C9 | 730–780 |
| Average high school GPAC12 | — |
| GPA of 4.0C11 | — |
| GPA 3.75–3.99C11 | — |
| GPA 3.50–3.74C11 | — |
| GPA below 3.50C11 | — |
Cost and financial aid
| TuitionG1 | $71,070 |
| Required feesG1 | $670 |
| Food and housingG1 | $19,560 |
| Need fully met (first-years)H2 | 100% |
| Average % of need metH2 | 100% |
| Average need-based packageH2 | $72,262 |
| Average need-based grantH2 | $70,186 |
What admissions looks at
- Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
- Class rankVery important
- Academic GPAVery important
- Standardized test scoresConsidered
- Application essayVery important
- Recommendation(s)Very important
- InterviewConsidered
- Extracurricular activitiesVery important
- Talent/abilityVery important
- Character/personal qualitiesVery important
- First generationConsidered
- Alumni/ae relationConsidered
- Geographical residenceConsidered
- State residencyConsidered
- Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
- Volunteer workConsidered
- Work experienceConsidered
- Level of applicant's interestConsidered
From item C7.
Outcomes
| UndergraduatesB1 | 1,841 |
| First-year retentionB22 | 97.6% |
| 4-year graduation rateB | — |
| 6-year graduation rateB | 92.8% |
Notes on this filing
- C2: waitlist 'offered a place' and 'accepted a place' rows are blank; only the admitted-from-waitlist count (5) is printed. Waitlist is not ranked (C2).
- C21: early decision figures (1985 applied, 296 admitted) are for the Fall 2024 entering class, not Fall 2025. Early action is not offered (C22).
- C11 GPA band percentages and C12 average high school GPA and percent submitting GPA are blank, so GPA fields are null.
- C10: 89.05% of enrollees were in the top tenth of their high school class; 26.60% submitted class rank.
- C8A and C8F agree: SAT/ACT are not required, and home-schooled applicants must provide a graded paper/lab or test scores.
- SAT (34.76%, 179 students) and ACT (17.28%, 89 students) submission percentages are reported separately and are not mutually exclusive in the filing.
- B22: retention computed as 495/507 = 97.63%; the form displays it rounded to 98.
- B4-B21: the 2019 cohort 6-year rate (462/498 = 92.77%) is printed. The 4-year rate is not printed; the filing shows 360 completers within four years of 498 in the cohort, so grad_rate_4yr is left null.
- G1: costs are 2025-26 figures; 2026-27 costs are to be available June 1, 2026. Tuition is a single private rate, so in-state and out-of-state are null. Room and board is the food and housing figure.
- H2: aid figures are for the full-time first-time first-year column. pct_with_need_awarded_aid is not printed as a percentage (268 of 268 with need-determined students were awarded aid), so it is left null.
- H1/H2 aid data are 2025-26 estimated figures.
Source: Bowdoin College Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.