Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University is a public university in Ohio with its main campus in Bowling Green and additional academic locations that extend its reach in the region. Founded in 1910, the institution serves undergraduate, graduate, and professional students across a broad range of disciplines and combines classroom instruction with research, creative work, and community engagement. Its academic structure includes colleges devoted to arts and sciences, business, education and human development, health and human services, musical arts, and technology, architecture and applied engineering, giving it a wide role in preparing students for careers in education, public service, health fields, business, and technical professions. The university’s work is anchored in both regional service and specialized programs. BGSU Firelands, located in Huron, extends access to higher education in north central Ohio, while the university also operates a campus in Levis Commons focused on graduate and professional offerings. Bowling Green State University identifies student success, research, and public impact as central priorities, and it supports those goals with academic advising, student life programs, and experiential learning opportunities. The institution is also home to nationally distinctive resources, including the National Center for Family & Marriage Research, which supports scholarship on family life and demographic change. Bowling Green State University competes in NCAA Division I athletics as the Falcons and maintains a substantial residential campus culture alongside online and in-person study options. Its role in Ohio higher education is both statewide and regional: it educates traditional-age students, adult learners, and graduate students, while contributing cultural programming, applied research, and workforce development across northwest Ohio and beyond.