Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at BGSU

At Bowling Green State University-Main Campus, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 73.26%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 81.00%.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 27.20%, and the 2024 yield is 21.00%.

The number of BGSU applicants increased by 6.77% (1,182 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 73.26%, and this year's acceptance rate is 81.00% at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 72.52% and women students' rate is 73.56%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	72.47%	72.83%	72.23%
2014-15	53.37% -19.10%	52.37% -20.47%	54.04% -18.19%
2015-16	72.68% 19.32%	71.43% 19.06%	73.49% 19.45%
2016-17	76.05% 3.37%	75.45% 4.02%	76.46% 2.96%
2017-18	73.20% -2.85%	73.03% -2.42%	73.32% -3.14%
2018-19	72.27% -0.93%	72.22% -0.81%	72.28% -1.05%
2019-20	71.82% -0.45%	71.83% -0.40%	71.82% -0.46%
2020-21	75.30% 3.48%	74.73% 2.90%	75.67% 3.85%
2021-22	79.00% 3.70%	78.00% 3.27%	79.00% 3.33%
2022-23	78.66% -0.34%	76.86% -1.13%	79.82% 0.82%
2023-24	81.00% 2.34%	79.00% 2.14%	81.00% 1.18%
Average	73.26%	72.52%	73.56%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 27.20% where the current academic year yield is 21.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29.45%	30.14%	28.98%
2014-15	39.13% 9.69%	39.84% 9.70%	38.67% 9.70%
2015-16	31.89% -7.24%	32.86% -6.97%	31.29% -7.39%
2016-17	30.48% -1.41%	31.88% -0.98%	29.56% -1.73%
2017-18	29.23% -1.26%	30.91% -0.96%	28.07% -1.49%
2018-19	26.59% -2.64%	28.83% -2.08%	25.11% -2.96%
2019-20	27.48% 0.89%	28.34% -0.49%	26.90% 1.79%
2020-21	23.60% -3.88%	24.92% -3.43%	22.74% -4.16%
2021-22	19.00% -4.60%	21.01% -3.91%	18.00% -4.74%
2022-23	21.40% 2.40%	23.08% 2.08%	20.35% 2.35%
2023-24	21.00% -0.40%	21.99% -1.09%	20.00% -0.35%
Average	27.20%	28.53%	26.33%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 16,516, the average number of admitted is 12,163, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 3,205.

The number of BGSU applicants increased by 6.77% (1,182 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	15,689	11,370	3,348
2014-15	14,509 -7.52%	7,743 -31.90%	3,030 -9.50%
2015-16	14,632 0.85%	10,635 37.35%	3,392 11.95%
2016-17	15,291 4.50%	11,629 9.35%	3,545 4.51%
2017-18	15,629 2.21%	11,441 -1.62%	3,344 -5.67%
2018-19	17,034 8.99%	12,311 7.60%	3,273 -2.12%
2019-20	17,179 0.85%	12,338 0.22%	3,390 3.57%
2020-21	17,341 0.94%	13,057 5.83%	3,081 -9.12%
2021-22	18,295 5.50%	14,453 10.69%	2,746 -10.87%
2022-23	17,447 -4.64%	13,723 -5.05%	2,937 6.96%
2023-24	18,629 6.77%	15,089 9.95%	3,169 7.90%
Average	16,516	12,163	3,205

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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