Bowdoin College (/?bo?d?n/ BOH-din) is a private liberal arts college located in the coastal Maine town of Brunswick. Founded in 1794, the college currently enrolls 1,839 students, and has been coeducational since 1971. Bowdoin offers 33 majors and four additional minors, and has a student–faculty ratio of 9:1. Bowdoin is ranked as one of the top liberal arts colleges, and is tied with Pomona, Middlebury, and Wellesley as the fourth-best liberal arts college in the U.S. in the 2016 U.S. News & World Report rankings. The main Bowdoin campus is located near Casco Bay and the Androscoggin River, 12 miles (19 km) north of Freeport, Maine, and 28 miles (45 km) north of Portland, Maine. In addition…