Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University (BGSU) is an experiential learning focused public university located in Bowling Green, Ohio, that is recognized as one of the best in the nation by the Wall Street Journal for 6 years in a row. It is a comprehensive public institution well known for its superb facilities, excellent student satisfaction ratings, and for providing a diverse selection of undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs across a comprehensive range of subject areas.

There are more than 200 undergraduate programs available, spanning several academic departments and research centers in natural and social sciences, education, arts, business, health and wellness, humanities and applied technologies. It boasts unique programs in areas like AI, architecture, aviation and marine and aquatic biology.

For more than 114 years, the university has served the state of Ohio and its public, delivering top tier education and instilling its students with the motivation to push boundaries and achieve excellence. Today, the university has a total enrolment of over 23,000 students and its campus is home to a resident population numbering around 7,000.

BGSU is one of only eight universities in the United States selected to participate in the National Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) Accelerator, highlighting the university's leadership in connecting academic study with real-world experience. It is also ranked No. 1 in Ohio for career preparation, building on more than 60 years of success in co-op and work-based learning.

Students are well catered for, with a large student life program offering plenty of extra-curricular enrichment opportunities and more than 400 student organizations to join. The university's athletics teams, the Bowling Green Falcons, compete at the NCAA Division I level as a member of the Mid-American Conference.

Students at BGSU benefit from being taught by an academic faculty that has more than a century of educational heritage, and upholds a reputation for excellence which is regularly recognized by national publications and assessment systems.

Most recently, BGSU has been recognized by Times Higher Education and the Wall Street Journal for the high quality of its teaching, ranking No. 3 among all public universities in the country. These rankings have been designed to provide the best and most useful information to prospective students and their families, and defines quality of teaching by "how well it manages to inform, inspire and challenge students."

More than 800 U.S. colleges and universities took part in the study, and the result places BGSU firmly within the top one percent of those analyzed. Students are taught by experienced staff, in relatively small class sizes, with an overall student-to-faculty ratio of 18:1.

The university excels in student satisfaction metrics and, on this basis, is ranked as the No. 1 public university in the Midwest.

BGSU offers a wide range of more than 200 undergraduate majors and confers degrees, delivered by a highly qualified teaching faculty, and distributed across a variety of subject areas.

Bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees are delivered via the university's eight departmental colleges, which form the basis of BGSU's educational structure:

The BGSU campus is located on the northeast side of Bowling Green, on over 1,300 acres of beautifully landscaped ground, featuring plenty of green space and many wide tree-lined avenues. It is a comprehensive learning environment with superb educational infrastructure and recreational facilities, as well as convenient amenities for those living on site.

There are nine residence halls, all offering comfortable and convenient living at a reasonable price, in a safe and secure student environment just minutes away from the university's lecture halls, classrooms and laboratories.

The Jerome Library is BGSU's large and well-resourced main resource center, home to hundreds of thousands of books, journals, and digital resources, as well as many special collections. The campus also contains sports facilities, a health and wellness center, coffee shops, cafes and much more.

Students have access to subject-specific equipment and industry standard teaching technologies embedded throughout the whole campus. The Bowen-Thompson Student Union is a busy hub of student activity, providing a range of services and spaces for students' needs.

BGSU is a well-funded institution that understands the cost of embarking upon an undergraduate degree, along with moving city or even country to live and study in Ohio, can be a significant undertaking.

The university works hard to ensure fair access to its high-quality curriculum, and aims to ensure students from a diversity of backgrounds are able to study here, and be part of the BGSU community and culture while reducing the overall amount of student debt after graduation.

This is why BGSU offers an impressive program of scholarships, grants, and financial aid schemes which students are eligible on both merit-based and means-tested criteria.

More than 90 percent of all new BGSU students receive some form of financial assistance. This is often given in the form of a reduction on tuition fees, but can also be used to pay for accommodation, meals, books, transportation and other personal expenses.

There is a huge number of scholarships available at BGSU, and the best thing of all is that once a student is admitted, the university will automatically consider them for funding opportunities and will begin making scholarship offers based on their individual credentials.

BGSU also offers Falcon Tuition Guarantee, where students entering a specific cohort for a Fall semester start will not see increase of any tuition for their duration of the studies.