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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?

3,217 Undergraduate Awards
$27,283 Avg Cost After Aid
79% Acceptance Rate
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at BGSU.
  • For the 2021-2022 academic year, 70% 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?

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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 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?

79% Acceptance Rate
62% Of Accepted Are Women
19% Submit SAT Scores
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.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Bowling Green State University - Main Campus  ( 490 to 600 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Bowling Green State University - Main Campus  ( 500 to 600 )
200
800
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.

ACT English Scores for Bowling Green State University - Main Campus  ( 18 to 24 )
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ACT Composite Scores for Bowling Green State University - Main Campus  ( 20 to 25 )
1
36

Can I Afford Bowling Green State University - Main Campus?

$27,283 Net Price
58% Take Out Loans
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.

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Undergraduate Student Diversity

11,915 Full-Time Undergraduates
57% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 14,465 undergraduate students at BGSU, with 11,915 being full-time and 2,550 being part-time.

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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.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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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

2,432 Took All Classes Online
6,726 Took At Least One Class Online
There are 6 bachelor’s degree and 30 master’s degree programs available online at BGSU. In 2022-2023, 6,726 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.

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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 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of BGSU majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Applied Behavior Analysis 53%
Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering 16%
Communication & Journalism 16%
Curriculum & Instruction 10%
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism 30%
Educational/Instructional Technology 6%
General History 11%
Gerontology 7%
Health Care Management 13%
Health Professions 6%
History 17%
Music Pedagogy 30%
Nutrition Sciences 21%
Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas 64%
Professional, Technical, Business, & Scientific Writing 18%
Speech Communication 47%
Visual Communications 26%

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 0 128 0 250 0 378
Special Education 42 204 0 0 0 246
Teacher Education Subject Specific 84 45 0 42 0 171
Writing Studies 0 86 19 46 0 151
Health & Physical Education 0 127 0 23 0 150
Accounting 0 82 0 64 0 146
General Biology 0 121 0 21 2 144
General Psychology 0 110 0 17 16 143
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 50 77 0 127
Teacher Education Grade Specific 3 118 0 0 0 121
Design & Applied Arts 0 59 33 28 0 120
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 111 0 0 0 111
Other Education 1 97 0 0 0 98
Music 0 20 5 69 4 98
Nursing 0 93 0 0 0 93
Curriculum & Instruction 10 0 0 82 0 92
Marketing 0 91 0 0 0 91
Air Transportation 0 79 0 0 0 79
Human Development & Family Studies 0 76 0 0 0 76
Social Work 0 54 0 19 0 73
Engineering Technology (Other) 0 72 0 0 0 72
Engineering-Related Fields 0 53 5 8 0 66
Communication Sciences 0 37 0 27 2 66
Finance & Financial Management 0 65 0 0 0 65
Educational Administration 18 0 11 22 14 65
Chemistry 0 43 0 7 15 65
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 0 59 0 0 0 59
Graphic Communications 0 58 0 0 0 58
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 56 0 0 0 56
Computer Engineering 0 49 1 5 0 55
Construction Engineering 0 54 1 0 0 55
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 44 0 4 0 48
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 0 40 7 47
History 2 17 9 18 0 46
Fine & Studio Arts 0 39 0 0 0 39
Student Counseling 0 0 0 38 0 38
General Sales & Marketing 0 36 0 0 0 36
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 33 1 0 0 34
Other Health Professions 0 34 0 0 0 34
Nutrition Science 0 3 7 23 0 33
Economics 0 26 0 5 0 31
Political Science & Government 0 31 0 0 0 31
Information Science 0 29 0 0 0 29
Sociology 0 24 0 2 3 29
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 29 0 0 0 29
International Business 0 27 0 0 0 27
Management Information Systems 0 27 0 0 0 27
Mathematics 0 18 0 7 2 27
Criminology 0 0 0 26 0 26
Environmental Design 0 25 0 0 0 25
General Business/Commerce 0 25 0 0 0 25
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 25 0 0 0 25
Area Studies 0 10 0 6 8 24
Public Health 0 23 0 0 0 23
Interior Architecture 0 21 0 0 0 21
Public Relations & Advertising 0 20 1 0 0 21
General English Literature 0 16 0 0 5 21
Drama & Theater Arts 0 15 0 1 4 20
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 20 0 0 0 20
Ethnic Studies 0 6 11 0 0 17
Data Analytics 0 0 0 17 0 17
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 10 1 6 0 17
Fire Protection 0 17 0 0 0 17
Instructional Media Design 16 0 0 0 0 16
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 15 0 0 15
Gerontology 0 7 0 7 0 14
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics 0 14 0 0 0 14
Public Administration 0 0 0 14 0 14
Journalism 0 13 0 0 0 13
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 13 0 0 0 13
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 0 13 0 13
Other Business, Management & Marketing 0 12 0 0 0 12
Allied Health Professions 0 8 0 4 0 12
Natural Resources Conservation 0 12 0 0 0 12
General Architecture 0 0 0 11 0 11
Romance Languages 1 5 0 4 0 10
Applied Statistics 0 0 0 10 0 10
Natural Resource Management 0 10 0 0 0 10
Computer Information Systems 0 9 0 0 0 9
Statistics 1 2 0 0 6 9
Multicultural & Diversity Studies 0 0 0 9 0 9
Physics 0 5 0 4 0 9
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 1 0 6 0 7
Philosophy 0 3 0 4 0 7
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 5 0 0 0 5
International Studies 0 5 0 0 0 5
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 4 0 0 0 4
Classical Languages & Literature 0 4 0 0 0 4
Teaching English or French 3 0 0 0 0 3
Germanic Languages 0 2 0 1 0 3
Geography & Cartography 0 3 0 0 0 3
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 2 0 0 0 2
Data Science 0 0 0 2 0 2
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies 0 0 0 0 2 2
TOTAL 181 3,036 170 1,089 90 4,566

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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