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Bowie State University

Bowie State University
14000 Jericho Park Road
Bowie, MD 20715

Official telephone: (301) 860-4000
Fax number: (301) 860-3518
Website: https://www.bowiestate.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 5,288
Full-time undergraduates: 4,379
Part-time undergraduates: 909
Total graduate students: 927
Full-time graduate students: 471
Part-time graduate students: 456
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native
1.2% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
82.4% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.7% Hispanic/Latino
0.2% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
2.5% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.8% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
1.5% Nonresident Alien
2.4% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 295 acres
Nearest major city: Baltimore and Washington, DC

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 99%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 26%
Percent of students who live off campus: 74%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 3950
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Honda Campus All-Star Challenge

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 2

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's bowling NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II

Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball; bowling; football; softball; tennis; volleyball; track and field; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Baltimore-Washington Internati

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 73% within six months of graduation

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