Enrollment Trends at BGSU

The student population at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus is 16,920 (13,853 undergraduate and 3,067 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 366 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at BGSU is 81.87% which is decreased by 962 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 596 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.36 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,432 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 233.61% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 17,335 where 16,920 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

81.87% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.13% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 962 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 596 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.36 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in BGSU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	17,286	14,815	6,551	8,264	2,471	991	1,480
2013-14	16,958 -328	14,477 -338	6,333 -218	8,144 -120	2,481 10	965 -26	1,516 36
2014-15	16,554 -404	14,099 -378	6,187 -146	7,912 -232	2,455 -26	979 14	1,476 -40
2015-16	16,908 354	14,334 235	6,160 -27	8,174 262	2,574 119	1,052 73	1,522 46
2016-17	17,644 736	14,852 518	6,521 361	8,331 157	2,792 218	1,087 35	1,705 183
2017-18	17,357 -287	14,680 -172	6,467 -54	8,213 -118	2,677 -115	1,041 -46	1,636 -69
2018-19	17,540 183	14,858 178	6,627 160	8,231 18	2,682 5	983 -58	1,699 63
2019-20	17,733 193	15,103 245	6,653 26	8,450 219	2,630 -52	971 -12	1,659 -40
2020-21	18,142 409	14,988 -115	6,549 -104	8,439 -11	3,154 524	1,225 254	1,929 270
2021-22	17,645 -497	14,465 -523	6,295 -254	8,170 -269	3,180 26	1,204 -21	1,976 47
2022-23	16,920 -725	13,853 -612	5,989 -306	7,864 -306	3,067 -113	1,195 -9	1,872 -104
Average	17,335	14,593	6,394	8,199	2,742	1,063	1,679

Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 14,593 where 13,853 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	14,815	13,735	6,015	7,720	1,080	536	544
2013-14	14,477	13,387	5,788	7,599	1,090	545	545
2014-15	14,099	12,993	5,608	7,385	1,106	579	527
2015-16	14,334	13,214	5,610	7,604	1,120	550	570
2016-17	14,852	13,184	5,692	7,492	1,668	829	839
2017-18	14,680	13,104	5,665	7,439	1,576	802	774
2018-19	14,858	12,987	5,699	7,288	1,871	928	943
2019-20	15,103	12,936	5,611	7,325	2,167	1,042	1,125
2020-21	14,988	12,483	5,357	7,126	2,505	1,192	1,313
2021-22	14,465	11,915	5,093	6,822	2,550	1,202	1,348
2022-23	13,853	11,581	4,916	6,665	2,272	1,073	1,199
Average	14,593	14,593	5,550	7,315	14,593	843	884

Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,742 where 3,067 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,471	1,343	566	777	1,128	425	703
2013-14	2,481	1,377	591	786	1,104	374	730
2014-15	2,455	1,344	576	768	1,111	403	708
2015-16	2,574	1,405	633	772	1,169	419	750
2016-17	2,792	1,389	604	785	1,403	483	920
2017-18	2,677	1,326	593	733	1,351	448	903
2018-19	2,682	1,336	542	794	1,346	441	905
2019-20	2,630	1,243	536	707	1,387	435	952
2020-21	3,154	1,464	644	820	1,690	581	1,109
2021-22	3,180	1,401	587	814	1,779	617	1,162
2022-23	3,067	1,455	623	832	1,612	572	1,040
Average	2,742	2,742	590	781	2,742	473	898

Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.63%. The percentage was 76.17% 10 years ago and BGSU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.36% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.20% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	58	193	1,701	623	15	13,167	275
2013-14	41	194	1,531	637	20	12,951	373
2014-15	34	163	1,508	642	9	12,566	448
2015-16	36	147	1,492	649	9	12,830	516
2016-17	28	154	1,473	734	13	13,288	534
2017-18	24	161	1,409	708	8	13,271	521
2018-19	28	191	1,341	727	4	13,483	566
2019-20	32	217	1,267	747	9	13,886	543
2020-21	31	239	1,245	785	10	14,151	579
2021-22	29	237	1,166	788	9	13,644	581
2022-23	20	230	1,049	799	13	12,965	556
Average	33	193	1,380	713	11	13,291	499

Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,432 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 233.61% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	16,554	729	1,881	13,944
2015-16	16,908	921	2,314	13,673
2016-17	17,644	1,282	2,739	13,623
2017-18	17,357	1,331	3,129	12,897
2018-19	17,540	1,520	4,273	11,747
2019-20	17,733	1,672	4,143	11,918
2020-21	18,142	2,458	4,541	11,143
2021-22	17,645	2,461	4,353	10,831
2022-23	16,920	2,432	4,294	10,194
Average	17,383	1,645	3,519	12,219

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