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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Data & Information Overview

432 awards Ranking Badges
Fair Price Value for Your Money
75% Acceptance Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Bowling Green State University - Main Campus, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more. Want to know more about a specific stat? Just click on its tile, and you’ll go to a page that goes more in-depth on that subject. You can also use the links below to go directly to any section on this page.

How Well Is Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Ranked?

#606 Best Colleges in Nation
#24 Best Colleges in OH
Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering Highest Ranked Major

2023 Rankings

In 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 432 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is assistive/augmentative technology and rehabilitation engineering.

Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2023 analysis, BGSU is ranked #606 out of 2,241 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when BGSU held the #957 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

BGSU is also ranked #24 out of 96 schools in Ohio.

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Is It Hard to Get Into BGSU?

75% Acceptance Rate
61% Of Accepted Are Women
24% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is 75%. 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.

Average Test Scores

About 24% 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.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Bowling Green State University - Main Campus  ( 510 to 610 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Bowling Green State University - Main Campus  ( 510 to 600 )
200
800
BGSU received ACT scores from 90% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 20 and 26.

ACT Composite Scores for Bowling Green State University - Main Campus  ( 20 to 26 )
1
36

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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Faculty

19 to 1 Student to Faculty
75% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Bowling Green State University - Main Campus, the student to faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 75%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  75 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus

79% Freshmen Retention
38% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus has a freshmen retention rate of 79%. 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.

Freshmen Retention Rate  79 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At BGSU this rate is 38%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  38 out of 100
0
100

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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Undergraduate Student Diversity

12,483 Full-Time Undergraduates
16.7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
57.1% Percent Women

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.

How Much Does Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Cost?

$18,558 Net Price
62% Take Out Loans
$32,068 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of BGSU is $18,558. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for BGSU

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$14,079 $14,822 $18,606 $20,603 $21,360

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.

Student Loan Debt

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 $8,017 a year. That adds up to $32,068 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at BGSU is 6.8%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do BGSU Graduates Make?

$45,560 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from BGSU with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $45,560 in their early years. That's great news for BGSU students since it is 7% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of Bowling Green State University - Main Campus

Ohio State
12,483 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Located in Bowling Green, Ohio, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is a public institution. Bowling Green is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

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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/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bowling-Green-OH/Bowling-Green-State-University/26573965003
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bgsu

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Majors

114 Majors With Completions
3,258 Undergraduate Degrees
1,007 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 114 majors graduated from Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. Of these students, 3,258 received undergraduate degrees and 1,007 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Special Education 214 $34,875
Health & Physical Education 141 $29,770
General Psychology 127 $27,160
Criminology 127 NA
Business Administration & Management 124 $55,153
General Biology 117 $27,176
Criminal Justice & Corrections 110 $32,941
Teacher Education Grade Specific 105 $33,800
Other Education 105 $25,458
Writing Studies 95 $31,450

Learn more about the majors offered at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at BGSU

39% Take At Least One Class Online
14% Take All Classes Online

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 2019-2020, 6,999 students took at least one online class at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. This is an increase from the 5,815 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2019-2020 6,999 2,458
2018-2019 5,815 1,672
2017-2018 5,793 1,520
2016-2017 4,460 1,331
2015-2016 4,021 1,282

Learn more about online learning at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus.

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Notes and References

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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