Bachelor in Sociology (Bachelor's)

At Bowdoin College, tuition is Tuition for the 2024-2025 academic year is $64,930..

The Sociology programme at Bowdoin College emphasizes the connection between individual experiences and broader social structures. Students analyze issues such as race, class, gender, and immigration through global and local lenses. The curriculum encourages critical thinking about social institutions and power dynamics. Faculty research and student projects often focus on real-world social challenges.

Focus areas include race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, class and inequality, family and social institutions, health and medicine, immigration.

The programme requires 36 credits, including core courses, electives, and a senior thesis. Students complete a capstone research project in their final year.

Graduates pursue careers in social services, policy analysis, research, education, and nonprofit work.

Applicants must submit high school transcripts, standardized test scores, and a personal statement. Bowdoin uses a holistic review process for all undergraduate applicants.

The programme totals about 36 credit hours. on-campus, full-time, four years. For international students, tuition is well above the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 8% of applicants.

Bowdoin’s history includes the story of the land that became the Schiller Coastal Studies Center. William Hastings Thalheimer, a member of the Bowdoin Class of 1927, and his wife, Irma, purchased the Orr’s Island farm in 1957 and later expanded the property. They deeded the land to Bowdoin in 1981, and it transferred to the College in the 1990s. The former family farmhouse remains one of the center’s administrative buildings.

Today, the 118-acre center in Harpswell supports advanced marine research and interdisciplinary work focused on Maine’s coastal environments, economies, and communities. Its two and a half miles of coastline, forest, and field provide a setting for study and teaching. Bowdoin students have used the facility’s seawater-filled wet laboratories and contributed to eelgrass restoration in Casco Bay.

On the Brunswick campus, students study subjects including biology, chemistry, computer and data studies, economics, English, environmental studies, government and legal studies, mathematics, languages, and the arts. Research and practical opportunities include summer projects, community and public service internships, coastal studies, GIS mapping, and work involving artificial intelligence. Bowdoin’s liberal arts education connects classroom learning with questions in society, science, culture, and public life. International students should expect a small-college setting in Brunswick, Maine, with access to both campus resources and coastal fieldwork.