Enrollment Trends at Bowie State

The student population at Bowie State University is 6,275 (5,378 undergraduate and 897 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 714 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Bowie State is 85.71% which is increased by 1,020 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 306 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.69 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

696 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,022.58% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,983 where 6,275 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

85.71% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.29% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,020 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 306 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.69 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Bowie State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Bowie State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,561	4,358	1,657	2,701	1,203	369	834
2014-15	5,695 134	4,456 98	1,715 58	2,741 40	1,239 36	397 28	842 8
2015-16	5,430 -265	4,315 -141	1,658 -57	2,657 -84	1,115 -124	358 -39	757 -85
2016-17	5,669 239	4,711 396	1,792 134	2,919 262	958 -157	301 -57	657 -100
2017-18	6,148 479	5,187 476	1,964 172	3,223 304	961 3	313 12	648 -9
2018-19	6,320 172	5,308 121	2,046 82	3,262 39	1,012 51	325 12	687 39
2019-20	6,171 -149	5,227 -81	2,060 14	3,167 -95	944 -68	291 -34	653 -34
2020-21	6,250 79	5,354 127	2,057 -3	3,297 130	896 -48	279 -12	617 -36
2021-22	6,308 58	5,381 27	2,097 40	3,284 -13	927 31	295 16	632 15
2022-23	6,275 -33	5,378 -3	2,062 -35	3,316 32	897 -30	274 -21	623 -9
Average	5,983	4,968	1,911	3,057	1,015	320	695

Bowie State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,968 where 5,378 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Bowie State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,358	3,521	1,356	2,165	837	301	536
2014-15	4,456	3,675	1,439	2,236	781	276	505
2015-16	4,315	3,533	1,345	2,188	782	313	469
2016-17	4,711	3,939	1,525	2,414	772	267	505
2017-18	5,187	4,389	1,674	2,715	798	290	508
2018-19	5,308	4,421	1,689	2,732	887	357	530
2019-20	5,227	4,329	1,705	2,624	898	355	543
2020-21	5,354	4,429	1,671	2,758	925	386	539
2021-22	5,381	4,344	1,670	2,674	1,037	427	610
2022-23	5,378	4,418	1,685	2,733	960	377	583
Average	4,968	4,968	1,576	2,524	4,968	335	533

Bowie State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,015 where 897 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Bowie State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,203	453	158	295	750	211	539
2014-15	1,239	513	201	312	726	196	530
2015-16	1,115	474	175	299	641	183	458
2016-17	958	412	147	265	546	154	392
2017-18	961	409	134	275	552	179	373
2018-19	1,012	463	154	309	549	171	378
2019-20	944	476	153	323	468	138	330
2020-21	896	444	143	301	452	136	316
2021-22	927	471	165	306	456	130	326
2022-23	897	351	121	230	546	153	393
Average	1,015	1,015	155	292	1,015	165	404

Bowie State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 3.82% and the percentage of black students is 80.69% at Bowie State University. 1.37% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bowie State University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	7	92	4,747	144	7	201	141
2014-15	6	81	4,751	147	9	201	168
2015-16	5	75	4,432	155	8	199	184
2016-17	4	67	4,713	177	7	161	227
2017-18	6	71	5,054	227	10	182	225
2018-19	5	89	5,112	241	10	189	241
2019-20	11	96	4,963	259	10	176	243
2020-21	10	99	5,068	254	9	190	244
2021-22	9	101	5,089	285	12	181	260
2022-23	16	86	5,063	310	8	240	220
Average	8	86	4,899	220	9	192	215

Bowie State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

696 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,022.58% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bowie State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,695	62	1,521	4,112
2015-16	5,430	69	1,732	3,629
2016-17	5,669	81	1,733	3,855
2017-18	6,148	65	1,805	4,278
2018-19	6,320	56	1,915	4,349
2019-20	6,171	59	1,908	4,204
2020-21	6,250	4,822	1,393	35
2021-22	6,308	1,025	4,148	1,135
2022-23	6,275	696	3,498	2,081
Average	6,030	771	2,184	3,075

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