by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus was awarded 121 badges in the 2025 rankings.
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BGSU is ranked #547 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when BGSU held the #665 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 91 colleges in Ohio, BGSU is ranked at #18.
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The acceptance rate at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is 79%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that BGSU is a good fit for you.
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.
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The student to faculty ratio at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is about average at 17 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is 70%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus has a freshmen retention rate of 77%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At BGSU the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 44%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 14,988 undergraduates at BGSU with 12,483 being full-time and 2,505 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15,493 | $16,595 | $20,381 | $23,234 | $23,583 |
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 BGSU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. 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.
The student loan default rate at BGSU is 1.0%. 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.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 378 | $60,807 |
| Special Education | 246 | $38,671 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 171 | $41,509 |
| Writing Studies | 151 | $31,218 |
| Health & Physical Education | 150 | $31,919 |
| Accounting | 146 | $55,838 |
| General Biology | 144 | $30,861 |
| General Psychology | 143 | $28,007 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 127 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 121 | $40,271 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 6,726 students took at least one online class at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. This is a decrease from the 6,814 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 6,726 | 2,432 |
| 2021-2022 | 6,814 | 2,461 |
| 2020-2021 | 6,999 | 2,458 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,793 | 1,520 |
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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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