Bowdoin College Historical Acceptance Rate

Historical Acceptance Rates

Bowdoin College's overall acceptance rate for the application year 2024 is 7.13%, with 13,265 applicants and 946 admitted. This represents a decline from the previous year's rate of 8.0%, impacted by a decrease in Early Action (EA) acceptance from 17.5% in 2023 to 13.4% in 2024. The Regular Decision (RD) acceptance rate also fell slightly from 6.4% in 2023 to 6.0% in 2024. Trend analysis shows a significant drop in overall acceptance rates from 14.9% in 2014 to the current rate, indicating increasing competitiveness in Bowdoin's admissions process.

Year	Total Applicants	Total Admits	RD Acceptance Rate	EA Acceptance Rate	Overall Acceptance Rate
2024	13,265	946	6%	13.4%	7.13%
2023	10,966	879	6.4%	17.5%	8%
2022	9,376	862	7.1%	26.4%	9.19%
2021	9,325	822	6.6%	27.3%	2.8%
2020	9,402	861	7.4%	21.5%	9.1%
2019	9,332	845	7.2%	22.5%	9%
2018	9,081	932	8.5%	22.8%	10.2%
2017	7,251	988	11.6%	28.2%	13.6%
2016	6,799	1,009	13%	27.2%	14.8%
2015	6,790	1,010	13.1%	25.5%	14.8%
2014	6,935	1,034	13%	27.8%	14.9%

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