Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Data & Information Overview

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.

• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning
• Related Schools

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

2021 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 82 badges in the 2021 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is education.

Overall Quality

BGSU is ranked #860 out of 1,715 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2021 Best Colleges list.

BGSU also holds the #39 spot on the Best Colleges in Ohio ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into BGSU?

Acceptance Rate

When it comes to admittance, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 73%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.

Average Test Scores

About 13% 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 500 and 630. Math scores were between 490 and 600.

BGSU received ACT scores from 93% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 19 and 24.

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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Bowling Green State University - Main Campus, this ratio is 18 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.

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 69%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

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

Freshmen Retention Rate

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.

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 34%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.

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Good Overall Diversity at BGSU

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 15,103 undergraduates at BGSU with 12,936 being full-time and 2,167 being part-time.

BGSU Diversity Score

College Factual computes an overall diversity score for each college and university that takes gender, ethnicity, geographic location, and age into account. Schools with the best mixtures of students with respect to these factors are ranked the highest, and those that cater to just one or two student groups are ranked the lowest.

The overall diversity score for BGSU is 64.36 out of 100, meaning that is is more diverse than most schools in the country.

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

The overall average net price of BGSU is $18,456. 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 +
$14,592	$15,173	$18,684	$20,504	$20,811

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 67% of students took out student loans averaging $7,493 a year. That adds up to $29,972 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at BGSU is 8.6%. 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?

Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from BGSU make around $40,500 per year during the early years of their employment. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate's salary of $39,802 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.

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Location of Bowling Green State University - Main Campus

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

During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 111 majors graduated from Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. Of these students, 3,167 received undergraduate degrees and 981 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	210	$32,800
Business Administration & Management	143	$55,900
General Psychology	130	$28,100
Writing Studies	126	$32,900
General Biology	122	$25,800
Criminal Justice & Corrections	119	$33,500
Other Education	109	$26,500
Teacher Education Grade Specific	105	$32,600
Human Development & Family Studies	91	$27,900
Accounting	86	$43,900

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

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 2017-2018, 5,793 students took at least one online class at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. This is an increase from the 4,460 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year	Took at Least One Online Class	Took All Classes Online
2017-2018	5,793	1,520
2016-2017	4,460	1,331
2015-2016	4,021	1,282
2014-2015	3,235	921
2013-2014	2,610	729

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Related Schools

If you’re considering Bowling Green State University - Main Campus, here are some more schools you may be interested in knowing more about.

• Central Michigan University
• East Carolina University
• East Tennessee State University
• Eastern Kentucky University
• SUNY Plattsburgh

Curious on how these schools stack up against BGSU? Pit them head to head with College Combat, our free interactive tool that lets you compare college on the features that matter most to you!

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.

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• Image Credit: By Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.