Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Overview

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is a public institution situated in Bowling Green, Ohio. The surrounding location of Bowling Green is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

What Is Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Known For?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at BGSU.
• In a recent academic period70% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from BGSU makes roughly $47,896 a year. This is 17% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Bowling Green State University - Main Campus?

Contact details for BGSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	220 Mcfall Ctr, Bowling Green, OH 43403
Phone:	418-372-5526
Website:	www.bgsu.edu

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How Do I Get Into BGSU?

You can apply to BGSU online at: www.bgsu.edu/

Admission Requirements for BGSU

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into BGSU?

With an acceptance rate of 79%, BGSU may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 77%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.

Average Test Scores

About 19% of students accepted to BGSU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 600. Math scores were between 500 and 600.

BGSU received ACT scores from 72% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 0. Composite scores were between 20 and 25.

Can I Afford Bowling Green State University - Main Campus?

The overall average net price of BGSU is $27,283. 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 BGSU, approximately 62% of students took out student loans averaging $7,683 a year. That adds up to $30,732 over four years for those students.

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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 14,988 undergraduate students at BGSU, with 12,483 being full-time and 2,505 being part-time.

There are also 3,154 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 12,483 full-time undergraduates at BGSU, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Bowling Green State University - Main Campus students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	154
Black or African American	955
Hispanic or Latino	516
White	9,962
International Students	155
Other Races/Ethnicities	741

Geographic Diversity

Ohio students aren't the only ones who study at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. At this time, 34 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 84 countries are represented at BGSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	0	122	0	280	12	414
Special Education	56	203	0	0	0	259
Teacher Education Subject Specific	70	50	0	69	0	189
General Psychology	0	127	0	13	11	151
Teacher Education Grade Specific	1	139	0	0	0	140
Health & Physical Education	0	124	0	14	0	138
General Biology	0	121	0	11	5	137
Writing Studies	0	67	13	48	0	128
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	44	84	0	128
Accounting	0	87	0	38	0	125
Engineering-Related Fields	0	67	11	34	0	112
Marketing	0	102	0	0	0	102
Other Education	3	98	0	0	0	101
Nursing	0	101	0	0	0	101
Curriculum & Instruction	11	0	0	88	0	99
Design & Applied Arts	0	39	26	32	0	97
Music	0	17	6	71	1	95
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	92	0	0	0	92
Chemistry	0	56	0	23	8	87
Finance & Financial Management	0	85	0	1	0	86
Social Work	0	67	0	19	0	86
Engineering Technology (Other)	0	82	0	0	0	82
Communication Sciences	0	41	0	28	2	71
Air Transportation	0	69	0	0	0	69
Computer Engineering	0	51	0	11	0	62
Other Health Professions	0	62	0	0	0	62
Educational Administration	9	0	13	27	9	58
Graphic Communications	0	57	0	0	0	57
Human Development & Family Studies	0	52	0	0	0	52
Criminology	0	0	0	50	0	50
History	1	25	10	10	0	46
Construction Engineering	0	44	0	0	0	44
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	40	0	0	0	40
Fine & Studio Arts	0	40	0	0	0	40
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	0	32	6	38
Environmental Design	0	37	0	0	0	37
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	0	37	0	0	0	37
General Sales & Marketing	0	36	0	0	0	36
Information Science	0	35	0	0	0	35
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	25	0	10	0	35
Management Information Systems	0	34	0	0	0	34
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	31	3	0	0	34
Student Counseling	0	0	0	32	0	32
General Business/Commerce	0	31	0	0	0	31
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	0	31	0	0	0	31
Mathematics	0	16	0	11	3	30
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	30	0	0	0	30
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	9	4	14	0	27
International Business	0	26	0	0	0	26
Economics	0	17	0	9	0	26
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	24	0	24
Sociology	0	14	0	6	4	24
Public Administration	0	0	0	24	0	24
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	0	22	0	0	0	22
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	22	0	0	22
Political Science & Government	0	21	0	0	0	21
Romance Languages	2	10	0	8	0	20
Nutrition Science	0	1	4	15	0	20
Natural Resources Conservation	0	20	0	0	0	20
Instructional Media Design	19	0	0	0	0	19
Ethnic Studies	0	5	14	0	0	19
Interior Architecture	0	18	0	0	0	18
Public Relations & Advertising	0	17	1	0	0	18
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	18	0	0	0	18
Public Health	0	18	0	0	0	18
Area Studies	0	1	0	6	10	17
Natural Resource Management	0	17	0	0	0	17
Drama & Theater Arts	0	14	0	2	0	16
Applied Statistics	0	0	0	15	0	15
Philosophy	0	5	0	10	0	15
Journalism	0	14	0	0	0	14
General English Literature	0	10	0	0	3	13
Statistics	4	2	0	0	6	12
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics	0	12	0	0	0	12
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	11	0	0	0	11
General Architecture	0	0	0	10	0	10
Computer Information Systems	0	10	0	0	0	10
International Studies	0	10	0	0	0	10
Physics	0	4	0	6	0	10
Fire Protection	0	10	0	0	0	10
Gerontology	0	4	0	5	0	9
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	0	8	0	0	0	8
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	8	0	0	0	8
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	2	0	6	0	8
Systems Engineering	0	0	0	6	0	6
Data Analytics	0	0	0	6	0	6
Germanic Languages	1	2	0	2	0	5
Allied Health Professions	0	0	0	5	0	5
Data Science	0	0	0	5	0	5
Multicultural & Diversity Studies	0	0	0	5	0	5
Geography & Cartography	0	4	0	0	0	4
Teaching English or French	2	0	0	0	0	2
Classical Languages & Literature	0	1	0	0	0	1
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	0	1	0	0	0	1
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies	0	0	0	0	1	1
TOTAL	179	3,036	171	1,225	81	4,692

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 Jeffness under License

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