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Bowie State University

Bowie State University
14000 Jericho Park Road
Bowie, MD 20715-9465

Official telephone: (301) 860-4000
Fax number: (301) 860-3518
Website: https://www.bowiestate.edu/
Screen last updated on: October 2026
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 4,810
Full-time undergraduates: 4,071
Part-time undergraduates: 739
Total graduate students: 927
Full-time graduate students: 471
Part-time graduate students: 456
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.4% American Indian or Alaskan Native
0.9% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
80.4% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.0% Hispanic/Latino
0.2% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
2.6% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.1% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
1.8% Nonresident Alien
3.5% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
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 students who live in school housing: 41%
Percent of students who live off campus: 59%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

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, radio station, 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 running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's footballyes 
Men's outdoor track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's track and fieldyes 
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 outdoor track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
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 field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's track and fieldyes 
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

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

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