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Bowling Green State University-Firelands

Huron, Ohio Public 4-year Rural area

Overview

Located in Huron, Ohio, Bowling Green State University-Firelands is a public four-year institution. Its campus is in a rural area. It enrolled 2,097 students in fall 2024.

Bowling Green State University-Firelands offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor's degrees across 17 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other, and Resort Management. It awarded 467 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 2 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 51% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
2,097
Students enrolled
51%
First-year retention
467
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
17
Programs and majors
18:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelor

Programs and majors offered 17

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Engineering Technologies 6
Business, Management and Marketing 3
Education 1
Health Professions 3
Communications Technologies 1
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
51%
First-year retention, part-time students
39%
Student-to-faculty ratio
18:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
55
Associate degrees
411
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
1

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
2,097
Undergraduates, fall 2024
2,097
Full-time, fall 2024
50%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
2,629
Full-time, 2024-25
45%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
62%
Men
38%
White
71%
Hispanic or Latino
7%
Black or African American
11%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
5%
Race or ethnicity unknown
5%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
2
Programs with a fully online option
2
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
29%
Students taking some online courses
41%

Campus and services

Setting
Rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: Mixed Transfer/Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
Dean
Allia Carter
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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