Enrollment Trends at BGSU

The student population at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus is 17,594 (14,783 undergraduate and 2,811 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 686 (4.06%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at BGSU is 84.02% which is increased by 449 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 237 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 75 male students for every 100 female students, up from 74 in 2015.
2,479 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 169.16% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 17,451 where 17,594 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 18,142 students in 2021 and was lowest at 16,908 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 16,908 to 17,594 students, a net gain of 686 (4.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	16,908	14,334	6,160	8,174	2,574	1,052	1,522
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
2023-24	17,027 107	14,014 161	6,086 97	7,928 64	3,013 -54	1,209 14	1,804 -68
2024-25	17,594 567	14,783 769	6,396 310	8,387 459	2,811 -202	1,134 -75	1,677 -127
Average	17,451	14,593	6,374	8,219	2,858	1,110	1,748

Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 14,593 where 14,783 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	14,014	11,613	4,983	6,630	2,401	1,103	1,298
2024-25	14,783	12,288	5,245	7,043	2,495	1,151	1,344
Average	14,593	14,593	5,387	7,143	14,593	987	1,075

Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,858 where 2,811 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	3,013	1,510	648	862	1,503	561	942
2024-25	2,811	1,387	613	774	1,424	521	903
Average	2,858	2,858	602	789	2,858	508	959

Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.37%. The percentage was 75.88% 10 years ago and BGSU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.37% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.06% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.30% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.88% to 75.37%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.87% to 1.37%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.82% to 6.06%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.84% to 5.30%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4241 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4139 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	14	222	1,026	831	13	12,958	596
2024-25	15	241	1,067	933	4	13,260	611
Average	26	204	1,254	770	9	13,374	560

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

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,479 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 169.16% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	17,027	2,428	4,567	10,032
2024-25	17,594	2,479	4,920	10,195
Average	17,451	1,898	3,927	11,625

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Enrollment Trends at BGSU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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