Enrollment Trends at BGSU-Firelands

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,045 where 2,097 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,260 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,845 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,260 to 2,097 students, a net loss of 163 (7.2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,260	818	1,442
2016-17	2,162 -98	778 -40	1,384 -58
2017-18	1,970 -192	715 -63	1,255 -129
2018-19	1,997 27	689 -26	1,308 53
2019-20	2,167 170	782 93	1,385 77
2020-21	2,085 -82	739 -43	1,346 -39
2021-22	1,940 -145	694 -45	1,246 -100
2022-23	1,845 -95	687 -7	1,158 -88
2023-24	1,928 83	703 16	1,225 67
2024-25	2,097 169	788 85	1,309 84
Average	2,045	739	1,306

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.96%. The percentage was 82.39% 10 years ago and BGSU-Firelands still has a high percentage of white students. 0.86% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.35% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.63% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 82.39% to 70.96%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.53% to 0.86%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.65% to 10.35%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.31% to 6.63%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4785 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3151 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-Firelands over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	8	12	105	120	1	1,862	73
2016-17	9	15	102	113	0	1,745	83
2017-18	4	16	119	101	0	1,558	71
2018-19	3	13	128	123	1	1,565	83
2019-20	9	18	156	140	3	1,707	80
2020-21	4	8	131	144	3	1,665	83
2021-22	1	13	132	126	1	1,485	97
2022-23	2	9	145	135	2	1,370	81
2023-24	2	9	177	127	1	1,410	85
2024-25	4	18	217	139	5	1,488	111
Average	5	13	141	127	2	1,586	85