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Bowling Green State University-Main Campus

Bowling Green, OH · Public · Town (fringe) · Carnegie R1/R2 · BGSU

Public institution in Bowling Green, OH · 12,255 undergraduates · 81% acceptance rate · $47,896 median earnings 10 years after entry.

Stats

College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.

Cost

Average net price
$20,9181,166th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
In-state tuition & fees
$14,081896th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Out-of-state tuition & fees
$22,070970th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
Cost of attendance
$29,238901st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
Median graduate debt
$25,0001,238th lowest of 1,865 reporting

Outcomes

Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$47,8961,192nd highest of 1,954 reporting
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$41,2811,139th highest of 1,950 reporting
Graduation rate (4-year)
62.8%668th highest of 2,014 reporting
Full-time retention
79.9%677th highest of 1,837 reporting

Admissions

Acceptance rate
80.6%921st most selective of 1,596 reporting
Average SAT
1118629th highest of 1,022 reporting
Median ACT
23493rd highest of 952 reporting

Campus

Undergraduates
12,255207th largest of 2,144 reporting
Student-faculty ratio
17.0:11,581st smallest of 2,141 reporting
Pell Grant share
22.7%1,561st highest of 2,122 reporting

Nearest large-hub airport: 60 mi (DTW)

On 2 of our 111 lists

Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.

Applying

Common App member
Yes
Application fee
$45
Personal essay
Optional / not required
Writing supplement
No

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Best-paying fields of study

Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 93 reported programs.

FieldLevel1 yr2 yr
Management Information Systems and ServicesBusinessbachelors$64,791$63,005
Engineering-Related FieldsEngineering Technologybachelors$64,493—
Construction EngineeringEngineeringbachelors$63,935$62,154
Computer EngineeringEngineeringbachelors$61,651$57,318
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBusinessbachelors$60,399$55,693
International BusinessBusinessbachelors$59,722—
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusinessbachelors$57,576$56,415
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professionsbachelors$57,411$56,957
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsHealth Professionsbachelors$57,318$60,523
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing OperationsBusinessbachelors$55,512$52,198
Information Science/StudiesComputer Sciencebachelors$54,192—
Accounting and Related ServicesBusinessbachelors$52,607$47,650

Campus facts

Athletics — 13 sports

NCAA Division I-FBS · NCAA Division I

Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $8,285,137 (M $5,020,679 · W $3,264,458)

Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.

Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Bowling Green State University-Main Campus’s 12,255 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.

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