Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Overview (2024)

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Find out more about how Bowling Green State University - Main Campus ranks, how diverse it is, what majors it offers, and other essential facts below.

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• 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?

2024 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 413 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is special education.

Overall Quality

BGSU is ranked #665 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.

BGSU is also ranked #23 out of 96 schools in Ohio.

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Is It Hard to Get Into BGSU?

Acceptance Rate

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.

Average Test Scores

About 17% 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.

BGSU received ACT scores from 64% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 20 and 25.

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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 75%. 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 78%. 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 for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at BGSU for first-time, full-time students is 42%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Undergraduate Student Diversity

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?

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

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 58% of students took out student loans averaging $7,460 a year. That adds up to $29,840 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?

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

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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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus Majors

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, 3,128 received undergraduate degrees and 930 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.

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 2020-2021, 6,814 students took at least one online class at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. This is a decrease from the 6,999 students who took online classes the previous year.

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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

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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.

References

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

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