Bowdoin College

Academics

Bowdoin has a strong academic reputation, and is consistently ranked among the top ten liberal arts colleges in the United States by U.S. News and World Report. (In 2006, Bowdoin ranked 6th, behind Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Wellesley, and Carleton, and tied with Pomona. *) Although Bowdoin is often compared to Bates and Colby, located in the Maine cities of Lewiston and Waterville, it shares more applicants with Amherst, Brown, Dartmouth, Middlebury and Williams.

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Liberal arts colleges - U.S. News and World Report - Williams - Amherst - Swarthmore - Wellesley - Carleton - Pomona - Bates - Colby - Lewiston - Waterville - Brown - Dartmouth - Middlebury

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Bowdoin offers majors in Africana Studies, anthropology, art history, Asian Studies, biochemistry, ciology, chemistry, Classics, computer science, economics, English, French, geology, German, government, history, Latin American Studies, mathematics, music, neuroscience, philosophy, physics and astronomy, psychology, religion, Russian, sociology, Spanish, visual arts and women's studies. In addition, the College offers minors in theatre, dance, education, film studies, and gay and lesbian studies.

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The Government Department, whose prominent professors include Paul Franco, Richard E. Morgan and Jean Yarbrough, was ranked the top small college political science program in the world by researchers at the London School of Economics in 2003. * Government was the most popular major for every graduating class between 2000 and 2004.

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Paul Franco - Richard E. Morgan - Jean Yarbrough - London School of Economics

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