First-year admissions

Bowdoin College acceptance rate

Bowdoin College admitted 6.8% of first-year applicants for fall 2025 (957 of 14,045), the lowest in the six years shown, down from 7.1% for fall 2024. Early decision admitted 14.9% for fall 2025 (296 of 1,985). It was 9.2% for fall 2020. Applications rose 5.9% for fall 2025, to 14,045 from 13,265; the fewest in the years shown was 9,325, for fall 2021.

Bowdoin College’s acceptance rate, fall 2020–2025

Dark bars show first-year admission. Olive bars show early decision.

Bowdoin College first-year acceptance rate, applicants, admits, enrolled, and yield by entering class, newest first. Early-decision rate is shown under the first-year rate when the report includes C21 counts.
Year	Acceptance rate	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled	Yield	Source
Fall 20252025–26 report	6.8%14.9% ED	14,045	957	515	53.8%	PDF
Fall 20242024–25 report	7.1%13.5% ED	13,265	946	507	53.6%	PDF
Fall 20232023–24 report	8.0%—	10,966	879	504	57.3%	PDF
Fall 20222022–23 report	9.2%26.5% ED	9,376	862	508	58.9%	PDF
Fall 20212021–22 report	8.8%27.4% ED	9,325	822	517	62.9%	PDF
Fall 20202020–21 report	9.2%21.5% ED	9,402	861	464	53.9%	PDF

Source: Common Data Set reports published by Bowdoin College, section C1 (first-time, first-year, degree-seeking students). Note: Acceptance rate is admitted ÷ applied; yield is enrolled ÷ admitted. Early-decision figures are section C21 (applications received and admitted under the early decision plan). Each year is the class entering that fall; the 2024–25 report covers fall 2024. — = not reported or not usable.

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