Bowdoin College, founded in 1794, is a private
liberal arts college located in the coastal
New England town of
Brunswick,
Maine. It enrolls approximately 1,700 students and has been coeducational since 1971. Bowdoin offers 33 majors and 4 additional minors; the academic year consists of two four-course semesters, and the student-faculty ratio is 10:1. Brunswick is located on the shores of
Casco Bay and the
Androscoggin River, 12 miles (19 km) north of
Freeport, Maine, 28 miles north of
Portland, Maine, and 131 miles (211 km) north of
Boston,
Massachusetts. In addition to its Brunswick campus, Bowdoin also operates a 118 acre (478,000 m²) coastal studies center on Orrs Island in
Harpswell, Maine and a 200 acre (809,000 m²) scientific field station on Kent Island in the
Bay of Fundy.
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