Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Student Population

How many students at BGSU?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Bowling Green State University-Main Campus has a total enrollment of 17,594 students, including 14,783 undergraduate and 2,811 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 7,530 male students (42.8%) and 10,064 female students (57.2%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 13,260 White students (75.4%) and 1,067 Black students (6.1%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 14,783 undergraduate students (84%) and 2,811 graduate students (16%).
• Class Delivery: 2,479 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 4,920 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (high research activity) - which average 16,875 - BGSU's body is almost same.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 7,530 male (42.80%) and 10,064 female (57.20%) students are attending Bowling Green State University-Main Campus. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 74.82.

By class level, 14,783 (84.02%) are undergraduate students and 2,811 (15.98%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 43.27% are male and 56.73% are female, while among graduate students, 40.34% are male and 59.66% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 13,260 White, 1,067 Black, and 241 Asian students out of a total of 17,594 are attending at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Bowling Green State University-Main Campus is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 42.3% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, BGSU has 1,508 students under 18 years old and 13 students over 65 years old. There are 14,848 students under 25 years old, and 2,746 students over 25 years old out of 17,594 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,508 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. BGSU has 13,944 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 839 students aged 25 and over.

It has 904 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,907 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• 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 Bowling Green State University-Main Campus, 2,479 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,920 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,120 students who live in Ohio or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 359 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 14,783 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 492 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.33%.412 students have transferred in as full-time status and 80 students transferred in as part-time status.