Bowie State University Student Population

How many students at Bowie State? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 6,353 students have enrolled in Bowie State University with 5,136 undergraduate and 1,217 graduate students.

By gender, 2,402 male and 3,951 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (10,123 students on average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

724 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,221 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Bowie State University has a total of 6,353 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 5,136 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,217 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,402 male and 3,951 female students (the male-female ratio is 38:62) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 316 White, 4,942 Black, and 75 Asian students out of a total of 6,353 are attending at Bowie State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Bowie State University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 38.7% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Bowie State has 122 students under 18 years old and 21 students over 65 years old. There are 4,621 students under 25 years old, and 1,787 students over 25 years old out of 6,408 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 122 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. Bowie State has 4,434 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 854 students aged 25 and over.

It has 187 graduate students aged under 25 and 933 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Bowie State University, 724 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,221 students are enrolled in some online courses.

648 students who live in Maryland or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 76 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,136 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 428 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.33%.337 students have transferred in as full-time status and 91 students transferred in as part-time status.