Bowdoin College's admit rate has fallen 17.0 percentage points across the 25 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 6.8% | 515 | 93.3% | 97.6% | 1,510 |
| 2024-2025 | 7.1% | 507 | 95.6% | 96.8% | 1,510 |
| 2023-2024 | 8.0% | 504 | 95.6% | 97.6% | 1,510 |
| 2022-2023 | 9.2% | 508 | 94.0% | 96.3% | 1,460 |
| 2021-2022 | 8.8% | 517 | 93.8% | 97.2% | — |
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Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Highly selective — top tier of CDS Atlas schools.
Bowdoin College's 6.8% admit rate places it among 50 of 334 covered schools admitting below 15% (~15.0% of the index).
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 37 percentage points.
Bowdoin College's 93.3% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 37.0 pp.
Admit-rate selectivity has held steady across reporting cycles.
Bowdoin College's admit rate has stayed in a narrow 6.8%–9.2% band across 5 reporting cycles — a 2.4% spread.
First-year retention is among the highest in the index.
Bowdoin College's 97.6% first-year retention exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 76.8% by 20.9 pp — a strong signal of student-institution fit at intake.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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