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Bowie State University was awarded 9 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is radio & television broadcasting technology/technician.
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Bowie State University landed the #1,499 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Out of the 35 colleges in Maryland, Bowie State University is ranked at #31.
Bowie State University has an acceptance rate of 87%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for Bowie State University.
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.
With a student to faculty ratio of 15 to 1, Bowie State University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Bowie State University is 40%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 73% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Bowie State University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 17% for first-time, full-time students at Bowie State University, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,354 undergraduates at Bowie State University with 4,429 being full-time and 925 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,673 | $13,916 | $17,182 | $20,488 | $22,061 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Bowie State University, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 177 | $50,683 |
| Audiovisual Communications | 100 | $35,168 |
| General Psychology | 98 | $36,765 |
| Other Computer & Information Sciences | 81 | $58,006 |
| General Biology | 77 | $26,266 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 75 | $41,367 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 37 | $52,619 |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 31 | $34,257 |
| Nursing | 31 | $70,278 |
| Sociology | 28 | $38,893 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 4,194 students took at least one online class at Bowie State University. This is a decrease from the 5,173 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,194 | 696 |
| 2021-2022 | 5,173 | 1,025 |
| 2020-2021 | 6,215 | 4,822 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,971 | 56 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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