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Bowdoin College - One of the Top Liberal Arts Colleges

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5000 College Station
Brunswick, Maine 04011


Bowdoin is an independent, nonsectarian, coeducational residential, undergraduate liberal arts institution founded in 1794. It is located in Brunswick, Maine, a town of 21,000 on the Maine coast. Study at Bowdoin leads to a bachelor of arts degree in one of over 40 departmental and interdisciplinary majors. Bowdoin enrolls approximately 1,710 students from across the country and around the world.

More than 120 buildings are a part of the approximately 215-acre Bowdoin campus. They range from Massachusetts Hall, built in 1802, to Kanbar Hall, a 26,000-square-foot award-winning educational facility that was completed in 2004; LEED certified "green" residence halls completed in 2005; and a recital hall, due to open in spring 2007. Bowdoin's Coastal Studies Center, located eight miles from campus on 118 acres of Orr's Island, was completed in 1998.

Degree Programs Offered:

Africana Studies, Anthropology, Art History, Art History & Archaeology, Art History & Visual Arts, Asian Studies, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemical Physics, Chemistry, Classical Archaeology, Classical Studies, Classics, Computer Science, Computer Science & Mathematics, Dance, Economics, Education, English, English & Theater, Environmental Studies, Eurasian & East European Studies, Film Studies, French, Gay & Lesbian Studies, Geology & Chemistry, Geology & Physics, German, Government & Legal Studies, History, Italian, Mathematics, Mathematics & Economics, Minor Geology, Minor Latin American Studies, Music, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Physics & Astronomy, Psychology, Religion, Romance Languages, Romance Languages, Russian, Sociology, Spanish, Theater, Visual Arts,
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