COLLEGE SCORECARD · JUNE 10, 2026 FEATURED RELEASEOUTCOMES ARE COHORT MEASURES—NOT A RANKING OR GUARANTEE
COLLEGE OUTCOMELEDGERCOST · COMPLETION · DEBT · EARNINGS
INSTITUTION FILE · UNITID 201441PUBLIC

BOWLING GREEN, OH

Bowling Green State University-Main Campus

A plain-language ledger of federal cost, completion, debt, borrower, and post-completion earnings fields.

Average net price$24,022Title IV aid recipients; cohort-specific
Completion rate63.2%150% of expected time · pooled
Median earnings$54,998working, not enrolled · 4 years after
Median graduate debt$25,000completers · suppressed below n=30
Do not divide one headline by another.

Net price, completion, debt, repayment, and earnings come from different cohorts and definitions. Their dates and student universes are not interchangeable; this page does not calculate ROI, payback time, or a school score.

01 / POST-COMPLETION EARNINGS

Working graduates in the federal record

Median earnings 4 years after completion$54,998
Median earnings 5 years after completion$51,158

Earnings cover graduates working and not enrolled. The black marker is the national federal earnings threshold where available—not a target or guarantee.

02 / PRICE WORKSHEET

Average net price by family income

Federal income bandAverage net price
$0–30,000$18,396
$30,001–48,000$18,547
$48,001–75,000$21,820
$75,001–110,000$25,741
$110,001+$27,414

Average net price is cost of attendance minus average grant/scholarship aid for the defined Title IV cohort; it is not a personal aid quote.

03 / PROGRESS FIELDS

Completion, retention, and borrowing

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Completion63.2%four-year institution · 150% time
Retention80.8%four-year institution · first-time, full-time
Pell recipients23.1%share of undergraduates
Federal loan share47.9%share of undergraduates
Borrower progress / paid29.0%undergraduate completers · 4 years
Borrower cohort4,427federal loan borrowers
Undergraduates12,812IPEDS enrollment field
Admission rate81.0%suppressed below n=30
04 / DEBT FILE

Median debt of completers

$25,000

4,614 borrowers appear in the associated debt count field. This is cumulative federal debt for the defined completer cohort, not total price or monthly payment.

05 / FIELD-OF-STUDY REPORTS

Programs with publishable evidence

23 program combinations meet this site's 75-working-graduate rule and have non-suppressed four-year earnings and debt fields.

Computer EngineeringBachelor's Degree · 77 working graduates$93,626 earnings · $27,000 debt →Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree · 180 working graduates$79,291 earnings · $25,000 debt →Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree · 91 working graduates$78,798 earnings · $25,848 debt →Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree · 134 working graduates$77,880 earnings · $22,251 debt →Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree · 86 working graduates$76,659 earnings · $25,000 debt →MarketingBachelor's Degree · 121 working graduates$65,926 earnings · $24,250 debt →Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree · 78 working graduates$54,424 earnings · $27,000 debt →Design and Applied ArtsBachelor's Degree · 92 working graduates$54,274 earnings · $27,000 debt →Parks, Recreation, and Leisure StudiesBachelor's Degree · 110 working graduates$53,809 earnings · $26,000 debt →Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree · 127 working graduates$52,818 earnings · $25,024 debt →Graphic CommunicationsBachelor's Degree · 101 working graduates$52,388 earnings · $26,981 debt →Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree · 153 working graduates$52,068 earnings · $26,000 debt →Social WorkBachelor's Degree · 82 working graduates$51,267 earnings · $27,000 debt →Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasPost-baccalaureate Certificate · 82 working graduates$51,044 earnings · $26,284 debt →Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesBachelor's Degree · 177 working graduates$50,120 earnings · $27,000 debt →Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree · 132 working graduates$47,131 earnings · $26,000 debt →Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree · 140 working graduates$46,481 earnings · $25,295 debt →Special Education and TeachingBachelor's Degree · 277 working graduates$45,224 earnings · $27,000 debt →Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree · 145 working graduates$45,168 earnings · $26,000 debt →Education, OtherBachelor's Degree · 186 working graduates$45,147 earnings · $27,000 debt →Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree · 113 working graduates$43,468 earnings · $26,000 debt →Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree · 223 working graduates$42,697 earnings · $18,500 debt →Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's Degree · 102 working graduates$42,463 earnings · $31,000 debt →
BEFORE AN ENROLLMENT DECISION

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Scorecard measures cover different student groups and years. Recheck the live College Scorecard, request the institution's current aid offer and completion information, and do not treat historical earnings as a promise.