Bowie State University Student Population and Demographics

Bowie State Student Population

There are 6,353 students including 5,136 undergraduate and 1,217 graduate students at Bowie State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 4,804 full-time and 1,549 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,402 male and 3,951 female students.

Bowie State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 724 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Bowie State University has a total enrollment of 6,353 with a gender distribution of 37.81% male (2,402 students) and 62.19% female (3,951 students). There are 2,042 male and 3,094 female students in undergraduate school and 360 male and 857 female students are attending graduate school at Bowie State University.

Student Population By Gender
Bowie State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,353	2,402	3,951
Undergraduate	5,136	2,042	3,094
Graduate	1,217	360	857
Full-time	4,804	1,875	2,929
Part-time	1,549	527	1,022

[Chart] Bowie State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Bowie State University has 4,804 full-time and 1,549 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 4,309 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 827 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 495 students are full-time and 722 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Bowie State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	6,353	4,804	1,549
Undergraduate	5,136	4,309	827
Graduate	1,217	495	722
Men	2,402	1,875	527
Women	3,951	2,929	1,022

[Chart] Bowie State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Bowie State University, 724 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,221 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 6,353 students.

In undergraduate schools, 3,221 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 724 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Bowie State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,353	5,136	1,217
Online Exclusively	724	333	391
In Some Online Classes	3,221	2,888	333
Not In Online Classes	2,408	1,915	493

[Chart] Bowie State University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Bowie State University. There are 24 American Indian/Native American, 316 White, 4,942 Black/African American, 75 Asian, 346 Hispanic, 13 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 144 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Bowie State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,353	2,402	3,951
American Indian/Native American	24	9	15
Asian	75	31	44
Black/African American	4,942	1,902	3,040
Hispanic	346	124	222
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	5	8
White	316	91	225
Two More	257	78	179
Race Un-Known	179	66	113

[Chart] Bowie State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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