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 student loan default rate at BGSU is 2%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at BGSU.
• For the <nil> academic year, 71% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from BGSU makes roughly $46,918 a year. This is 15% 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

How Do I Get Into BGSU?

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

Admission Requirements for BGSU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Considered but not required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

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 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Average Test Scores

About 17% 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 510 and 610. Math scores were between 510 and 600.

BGSU received ACT scores from 64% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 24. Math scores were between 18 and 25. 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 58% of students took out student loans averaging $7,460 a year. That adds up to $29,840 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at BGSU is 2.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 14,465 undergraduate students at BGSU, with 11,915 being full-time and 2,550 being part-time.

There are also 3,180 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 11,915 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	144
Black or African American	850
Hispanic or Latino	525
White	9,534
International Students	158
Other Races/Ethnicities	704

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.

Online Learning at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus

There are 6 bachelor’s degree and 30 master’s degree programs available online at BGSU. In 2020-2021, 6,814 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at BGSU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 6th most popular in Ohio for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of BGSU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus was 18.8%. This is the #1,103 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at BGSU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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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