Bowling Green State University-Main Campus

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Bowling Green State University-Main Campus

Bowling Green State University-Main Campus operates as a public institution located in Bowling Green, Ohio (town: fringe), with a total reported enrollment of 12,812 students of which 15,910 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Bowling Green State University-Main Campus is categorized as “16” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 81.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,117 and an ACT midpoint of 23. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $24,022, with published in-state tuition of $14,460 and a Pell grant recipient share of 23.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 63.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 81.6%. Graduates earn a median of $47,896 ten years after enrolling, compared with $41,281 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 877600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 61.8% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.