Student Outcomes

Based on survey responses collected in the fall of 2023 (response rate of 35%), 92% of Bowdoin's Class of 2022 reported that they were employed or attending graduate school. Bowdoin graduates pursue a variety of advanced degrees. Over the past five years, among graduates pursuing advanced degrees one year out, 45% pursued masters degrees, 21% pursued Ph.D.s, 12% pursued law degrees, 7% pursued medical degrees, and the remaining 15% pursued other degrees.

Graduate Schools

Graduate schools most frequently attended by Bowdoin alumni include:

Boston College
Boston Univeristy
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Duke University
Georgetown University
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New York University
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Relay Graduate School of Education
Stanford University
Tufts University
University of California - Berkeley
University of Chicago
University of Michigan
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University

Employers

Employers of Bowdoin alumni one year after graduation include:

Amazon
Americorps
Analysis Group
Apple
Athenahealth
Bain Consulting
Barclays
Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center
Bloomberg
Bloomingdales
Booz Allen Hamilton
Brigham and Womens Hospital
Cambridge Associates
Childrens Hospital (Boston)
Citigroup
Compass Lexecon
Conde Nast
Cowen & Company
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Dell EMC
Deloitte
Edelman
EMI Strategic Marketing
Epic
ESPN
Eze Software Group
Fidelity Investments
General Reinsurance
Goldman Sachs
Google
Guggenheim Partners
Harlem Children's Zone
Harvard University
HBO
HSBC
IBM
Intel
Jackson Laboratory
JPMorgan Chase
Kaiser Associates
LEGO
LL. Bean
Lyft
Mass Challenge
Massachusetts General Hospital
MATCH Education
McKinsey & Company
Merrill Lynch
Microsoft
Morgan Stanley
Okta
Peace Corps
Phillips Andover Academy
Piper Jaffray
Procter & Gamble
Prudential Financial
Raytheon
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Sothebys
Suffolk Construction
Sullivan & Cromwell
Tamr
Teach for America
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Marine Corps
Uber
Uncommon Schools
Unum
Wayfair
Year Up

Note that many graduate students are also employed at the institution that they attend.