Brunswick, Maine · Private Non-Profit
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at Bowdoin College
Use this school-and-field page as a fit screen, not a department ranking. It combines the 1% reported program-share signal, $14,398 school-wide net price, and $82,735 school-wide ten-year earnings before you compare peer schools. The enrollment proxy is about 18 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
Program snapshot
1% reported share makes this a small program signal in federal data.
This major
- Program signal
- 0.9%
- Enrollment proxy
- ~18
- Schools with reported signal
- 250
Admissions
- Acceptance rate (school)
- 7.1%
- Graduation rate
- 95.3%
Cost
- Avg net price (school)
- $14,398/yr
- 4-year cost (est.)
- $57,592
- Median debt
- $18,500
Outcomes
- Median earnings 10y
- $82,735/yr
- ROI grade (school)
- A
College Scorecard reports school-wide earnings and price, not per-major outcomes for individual colleges. Program share is a concentration signal, not a promise of department quality. Use it as a proxy, then verify department-level outcomes with the school.
Evidence used here: federal program-share data (1%), school-wide average net price ($14,398), school-wide ten-year median earnings ($82,735), and peer averages from 250 schools reporting a positive signal in this field. Evidence not included: department-level salary, placement rate, course quality, licensure eligibility, certification, or exam pass-rate outcomes. This page stays available for users because the program appears in federal data, but it is not promoted for search indexing while the reported share is below 1%.
Value among peer schools
Compared with 250 schools that report this field.
The answer is a value-screen grade of A, not a verified department verdict. The reported share is 4.0x the national average concentration; the school-wide net price is lower than the peer average ($8,147 below), and ten-year median earnings are higher than the peer average ($15,365 above). Together, those evidence points place Bowdoin College in the top 10% ROI position within this field set.
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Peer schools below also report a positive program-share signal and are sorted by value grade.
Princeton University Princeton, NJ · 0.5% reported share · $6,128 net A+ Pasadena City College Pasadena, CA · 0.0% reported share · $3,864 net A+ University of Florida Gainesville, FL · 0.0% reported share · $6,541 net A+ 
Stanford University Stanford, CA · 0.1% reported share · $13,807 net A+ Grossmont College El Cajon, CA · 0.3% reported share · $5,311 net A+ Snow College Ephraim, UT · 0.1% reported share · $5,552 net A+ 
Berea College Berea, KY · 0.6% reported share · $6,106 net A+ Questions about this program
How big is the program signal?
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics accounts for 1% of reported programs at Bowdoin College, which is bigger than 96% of schools in this field set and 4.0x the national average concentration. The enrollment proxy is about 18 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
How should I read the cost number?
Bowdoin College's average net price is $14,398 per year, about $57,592 over four years. That is $8,147 below the $22,545 peer average, before your own aid package changes the final bill.
Are the earnings major-specific?
No. The $82,735 median earnings figure is school-wide ten years after entry. It is $15,365 above the $67,370 average among schools reporting this field, so treat it as an outcomes proxy rather than a department guarantee.
What should I compare next?
Start with program share, net price after aid, graduation rate, location, and whether the department publishes placement or licensure outcomes. EduGradify ranks Bowdoin College #24 of 250 schools in this field set by school-wide ROI proxy.