Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Student Population and Demographics

BGSU Student Population

There are 17,594 students including 14,783 undergraduate and 2,811 graduate students at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 13,675 full-time and 3,919 part-time students with gender distribution of 7,530 male and 10,064 female students.

Bowling Green State University-Main Campus is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,479 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Bowling Green State University-Main Campus has a total enrollment of 17,594 with a gender distribution of 42.80% male (7,530 students) and 57.20% female (10,064 students). There are 6,396 male and 8,387 female students in undergraduate school and 1,134 male and 1,677 female students are attending graduate school at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus.

Student Population By Gender
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
	Total	Men	Women
Total	17,594	7,530	10,064
Undergraduate	14,783	6,396	8,387
Graduate	2,811	1,134	1,677
Full-time	13,675	5,858	7,817
Part-time	3,919	1,672	2,247

[Chart] Bowling Green State University-Main Campus 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Bowling Green State University-Main Campus has 13,675 full-time and 3,919 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 12,288 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,495 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,387 students are full-time and 1,424 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	17,594	13,675	3,919
Undergraduate	14,783	12,288	2,495
Graduate	2,811	1,387	1,424
Men	7,530	5,858	1,672
Women	10,064	7,817	2,247

[Chart] Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Bowling Green State University-Main Campus, 2,479 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,920 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 17,594 students.

In undergraduate schools, 5,785 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,614 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	17,594	14,783	2,811
Online Exclusively	2,479	1,275	1,204
In Some Online Classes	4,920	4,510	410
Not In Online Classes	10,195	8,998	1,197

[Chart] Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus. There are 15 American Indian/Native American, 13,260 White, 1,067 Black/African American, 241 Asian, 933 Hispanic, 4 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 523 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
	Total	Men	Women
Total	17,594	7,530	10,064
American Indian/Native American	15	9	6
Asian	241	104	137
Black/African American	1,067	465	602
Hispanic	933	404	529
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	3	1
White	13,260	5,513	7,747
Two More	611	241	370
Race Un-Known	571	282	289

[Chart] Bowling Green State University-Main CampusRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus.

Age Distribution
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	17,594	14,783	2,811
Under 18	1,508	1,508	0
Age 18-19	5,992	5,991	1
Age 20-21	5,075	4,998	77
Age 22-24	2,273	1,447	826
Age 25-29	996	301	695
Age 30-34	548	141	407
Age 35-39	410	135	275
Age 40-49	538	177	361
Age 50-64	241	83	158
Over 64	13	2	11
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Bowling Green State University-Main Campus 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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