unitid 162007 · Bowie, MD · public 4-year · suburb (large)
Bowie State University
- enrollment 2023
- 7,205
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
72%
30th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
5,043
51st pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
44%
undergrads on Pell grants
81st pctl among public 4-years
completion
38%
finish within 150% time
34th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$25,220
66th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$19,298
after aid, aided students
89th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$54,537
after entry, Title IV students
61st pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$22,985
78th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $17,071 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k30%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75k19%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $36,429
- First-generation students
- 36%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,218
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.4× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 147 | $66,612 | $27,000 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 102 | $59,864 | $29,750 |
| Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians. | 97 | $57,453 | $26,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 87 | $52,973 | $28,375 |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other. | 68 | $92,492 | $30,000 |
| Biology, General. | 60 | — | $29,000 |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 43 | — | — |
| Sociology. | 35 | $46,473 | $30,835 |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other. | 33 | — | — |
| Social Work. | 32 | $56,184 | $31,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 30 | $103,809 | $25,125 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 27 | $58,204 | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.