Bowdoin College Regular Decision Acceptance Rate

Bowdoin College's Regular Decision acceptance rate for the application year 2024 is 6%, with 676 out of 11,260 applicants gaining admission. This rate is a slight decrease from the 6.4% acceptance rate in 2023 and notably lower than the 7.1% in 2022. Over the past several years, Bowdoin has seen a steady decline in acceptance rates, down from 11.6% in 2017 and 13.1% in 2015. The trend indicates increasing competitiveness among applicants, as the college receives a growing number of applications while lowering its acceptance rate.