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What Bowdoin costs

Brunswick, Maine · Private · 1,873 undergrads

Bowdoin's sticker price was $88,820 a year in 2024-25 (College Scorecard). Students with federal aid paid $15,595 on average after grants; families earning under $30,000 paid $3,318.

What does Bowdoin cost?

$15,595 a year

What students who got federal aid paid on average after grants, 2024-25. The sticker price, with housing and food, is $88,820.

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Average paid after grants by family income
under $30,000$3,318
$30,000–$48,000$5,634
$48,000–$75,000$8,694
$75,000–$110,000$16,219
over $110,000$40,929

Own a business or have divorced parents? Run Bowdoin's own calculator.

Net price 2024-25, College Scorecard.

By family income

Families who got federal aid, average paid per year after grants, 2024-25.

Family incomeAverage paid
Under $30,000$3,318
$30,000–$48,000$5,634
$48,000–$75,000$8,694
$75,000–$110,000$16,219
Over $110,000$40,929

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For families earning under $30,000, grants took 96% off Bowdoin's sticker price.

Business owner, divorced parents, or savings? The averages can't see that; Bowdoin's own calculator can.

Compared with colleges people also look at

For families earning $48,000–75,000, Bowdoin cost less than Amherst but more than Colby College and Williams.

CollegeFamilies earning $48–75kAll aided students
Bowdoin$8,694$15,595
Colby College$3,132$19,835
Amherst$13,814$19,536
Williams$722$15,157

The sticker price

$71,740
Tuition, 2025-26
$88,820
Full sticker price, tuition, housing, food, books
20%
of undergrads get a Pell Grant, the federal grant for lower-income students.
$62,872
average grant for students who got aid.
8.5%
of undergrads take a federal loan.
$15,000
median federal debt at graduation.

Questions people ask

How much does Bowdoin College cost for a family earning $25,000?
Families earning under $30,000 paid $3,318 a year on average after grants in 2024-25 (students who got federal aid). The sticker price is $88,820. Your own price depends on your family's finances; Bowdoin's net price calculator gives a personal estimate.
How much does Bowdoin College cost for a family earning $40,000?
Families earning $30,000–$48,000 paid $5,634 a year on average after grants in 2024-25 (students who got federal aid). The sticker price is $88,820. Your own price depends on your family's finances; Bowdoin's net price calculator gives a personal estimate.
How much does Bowdoin College cost for a family earning $60,000?
Families earning $48,000–$75,000 paid $8,694 a year on average after grants in 2024-25 (students who got federal aid). The sticker price is $88,820. Your own price depends on your family's finances; Bowdoin's net price calculator gives a personal estimate.
Where these numbers come from

Updated Nov 5, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers