Bowling Green State University
School info
3.9
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.8
Food
3.3
Clubs
4.1
Facilities
4.1
Internet
3.2
Location
3.7
Opportunities
4
Safety
4.4
Social
4
Happiness
4.2
Basic Information
Location
- Bowling Green, OH
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Public Research university
- Established: September 27, 1910;114 years ago (September 27, 1910)
- Founder: John Hamilton Lowry, Granville W. Mooney, Francis W. Treadway, Gov. Judson Harmon
Academic information
Degree Courses
- Over 200 undergraduate programs and a broad selection of graduate and doctoral programs
- totaling more than 200 undergraduate and numerous graduate and doctoral degree programs
Key Area
- Materials Science
- Theoretical Physics
- Astrophysics
- Microbiology
- Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 20,395 (Bowling Green)22,986 (all campuses)
- Undergraduates: 19,183 (on campus) 2,500 (Firelands)
- Postgraduates: 3,803 (all campuses)
- Academic Staff: 1,982(1,109 faculty, 873 graduate assistants)
- Administrative Staff: 1,916
Notable Alumni
- Jeff B. Witjas
- Robert Patrick
- Anthony Doerr
- Tim Ryan
- Shantanu Narayen
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Good reviews
Overall 5
Go Falcons!
Overall 5
Fantastic school, would recommend. Many great and caring professors
Overall 5
this school is a family it’s so nice and they support you so much. they genuinely want you to succeed.
Overall 5
A great school you can trust to receive a solid foundation for both academic and corporate ambitions.
Overall 5
I love BG and BG Firelands
Overall 4.8
The community at BGSU is very uplifting and overall feels like home. The campus is very clean and safe. The dorms and facilities are quickly being renovated to improve the overall college.
Overall 4.8
Amazing school, so welcoming. You can tell they care about the students. The president of the college is at like every event. The atmosphere is so sweet.
Overall 4.8
I love Bowling Green! BGSU is an amazing school with a great location, opportunities, people and professors. I have loved my time here so far and would recommend this school to anyone.
Overall 4.8
I love everything about this school, there's so much help and great professors! Also super affordable for out of state!
Overall 4.7
Good
Bad reviews
Overall 1
Professors are all checked out, this is more like a vo-tech where you get credit for just for showing up. Lots of multiple choice exams and quizzes, not like a real university. They also nickel and dime you over every little thing from parking to meal plans to building fees for places that aren't even open. Bad, bad, bad place.
Overall 1
BGSU is extremely greedy. I feel like they charge you for EVERY little thing and just want your money.
Overall 1.1
I like when a school is good. This isn't a good school. Internet is good, but not terrible though.
Overall 1.8
This school is predatory and boasts of accommodations to potential students that they just do not have. They highlight new labs and facilities, while failing to inform that those aren't for *you.* My department has lots 13 faculty in the last 5 years without being replaced, therefore, the number of classes offered has plummeted. Do not go here.
Overall 1.8
Where to start socializing is basically illegal! My advisor completely changed my schedule and messed me over. I do not even know where to start... They closed most the on campus food.
Overall 1.9
All of my friends who I've met or known previously that have gone to BGSU have transferred. Seems like an ongoing trend, too. The professors I've had so far have been super nice, but it seems the whole "inclusive and welcoming" environment is just a facade with the general feeling of the campus. Super hard to make friends and super hard to adjust.
Overall 2
Overall an extremely poor school.