Bowie State University Overview

Located in Bowie, Maryland, Bowie State University is a public institution. Bowie is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Bowie State University Known For?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Bowie State University.
• During a recent academic cycle, 40% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Bowie State University makes roughly $54,537 a year. This is 34% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Bowie State University?

Contact details for Bowie State University are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	14000 Jericho Park Rd, Bowie, MD 20715-9465
Phone:	301-860-4000
Website:	www.bowiestate.edu

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How Do I Get Into Bowie State University?

You can apply to Bowie State University online at: https://www.bowiestate.edu/admissions-and-aid/apply-online.php

Admission Requirements for Bowie State University

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	5

How Hard Is It To Get Into Bowie State University?

Bowie State University has the high acceptance rate of 87%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 31% of accepted students are men and 69% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 82%, and the acceptance rate for women is 89%.

Average Test Scores

About 5% of students accepted to Bowie State University submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 410 and 540. Math scores were between 390 and 508.

Bowie State University received ACT scores from 1% of accepted students.

Can I Afford Bowie State University?

The overall average net price of Bowie State University is $27,049. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Bowie State University, approximately 52% of students took out student loans averaging $6,257 a year. That adds up to $25,028 over four years for those students.

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Bowie State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,354 undergraduate students at Bowie State University, with 4,429 being full-time and 925 being part-time.

There are also 896 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,429 full-time undergraduates at Bowie State University, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Bowie State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	71
Black or African American	3,669
Hispanic or Latino	188
White	84
International Students	73
Other Races/Ethnicities	344

Geographic Diversity

Maryland students aren't the only ones who study at Bowie State University. At this time, 12 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 28 countries are represented at Bowie State University. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, and India.

Bowie State University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	147	0	0	0	147
Criminal Justice & Corrections	102	0	0	0	102
Audiovisual Communications	97	0	0	0	97
General Psychology	87	0	0	0	87
Other Computer & Information Sciences	68	0	0	0	68
General Biology	60	0	0	0	60
Design & Applied Arts	43	0	0	0	43
Computer Information Systems	26	1	8	1	36
Teacher Education Grade Specific	27	0	8	0	35
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	8	27	0	35
Sociology	35	0	0	0	35
Nursing	30	1	3	0	34
Communication & Journalism (Other)	0	0	33	0	33
Social Work	32	0	0	0	32
Public Administration	0	1	27	0	28
History	26	0	0	0	26
Health & Physical Education	24	0	0	0	24
Human Development & Family Studies	21	0	0	0	21
Human Resource Management	0	2	18	0	20
Mental & Social Health Services	0	2	17	0	19
Educational Administration	0	0	2	16	18
Student Counseling	0	0	15	0	15
Information Science	0	0	12	0	12
General English Literature	5	0	7	0	12
Fine & Studio Arts	10	0	0	0	10
Drama & Theater Arts	9	0	0	0	9
General Business/Commerce	0	0	8	0	8
Teacher Education Subject Specific	1	0	4	0	5
Mathematics	4	0	0	0	4
Special Education	0	0	2	0	2
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	1	0	0	0	1
Chemistry	1	0	0	0	1
Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Applied Mathematics	0	0	0	0	0
Political Science & Government	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	856	15	191	17	1,079

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By M. Chambers under License

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