unitid 201441 · Bowling Green, OH · public 4-year · town (fringe)
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
- enrollment 2023
- 19,989
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
81%
45th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
12,812
79th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
23%
undergrads on Pell grants
25th pctl among public 4-years
completion
64%
finish within 150% time
82nd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$33,007
94th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$24,022
after aid, aided students
98th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$47,896
after entry, Title IV students
44th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$25,000
91st 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 $18,396 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
- 0-30k19%
- 30-48k14%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k22%
- 110k+27%
- Median family income
- $63,845
- First-generation students
- 30%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $14,460
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.9× 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. | 280 | $113,316 | — |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 203 | $43,416 | $27,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 139 | $44,761 | $26,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 127 | $43,719 | $25,295 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 124 | $51,116 | $25,024 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 122 | $78,492 | $25,000 |
| Biology, General. | 121 | $48,161 | $26,000 |
| Marketing. | 102 | $74,031 | $24,250 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 101 | $70,334 | $25,848 |
| Education, Other. | 98 | $43,137 | $27,000 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 92 | $64,569 | $26,000 |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | 88 | $62,899 | — |
— 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.