Bowie State University
Bowie State University admitted 72% of applicants. Its average net price after aid for in-state students was $17,835 a year. Within six years, 37% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 72%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
Cost
- In-state cost of attendance, before aid
- $22,321 a year
- Average in-state net price after aid
- $17,835 a year
- In-state net price for families earning under $30,000
- $15,356 a year
- In-state tuition and fees
- $9,529 a year
- Out-of-state tuition and fees
- $20,464 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 37%
- Students who return for a second year
- 68%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $61,890 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,550
Students
- Undergraduates
- 5,043
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 51%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 15 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
- Historically Black college or university
- Yes
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 16%
- Computer and information sciences
- 12%
- Homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting
- 10%
- Psychology
- 10%
- Communications technologies
- 9%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Canisius University NY · 72% admitted
- Purdue University Northwest IN · 72% admitted
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College IN · 72% admitted
- SUNY Maritime College NY · 72% admitted
- University of Maryland-Baltimore County MD · 72% admitted
- Viterbo University WI · 72% admitted
More colleges in Maryland
- University of Maryland-College Park MD · 45% admitted
- Towson University MD · 82% admitted
- Morgan State University MD · 82% admitted
- Salisbury University MD · 88% admitted
- Johns Hopkins University MD · 6.4% admitted
- United States Naval Academy MD · 9.3% admitted
- Loyola University Maryland MD · 76% admitted
- Stevenson University MD · 79% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.