Lake State vs Bowling Green State University-Main Campus (BGSU)

Lake Superior State University (LSSU) and Bowling Green State University-Main Campus (BGSU) are two distinct universities with unique offerings. LSSU, located in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, is a public university with an acceptance rate of 98%, while BGSU, situated in Bowling Green, Ohio, is also a public university with a slightly lower acceptance rate of 88%. LSSU's student body is predominantly White (84%) and female (56%), while BGSU's student body is more diverse, with a larger population of White (69%), Black (11%), and Hispanic (9%) students, and a more balanced gender ratio (49% male, 51% female). Both universities offer a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs, with popular majors at LSSU including Business, Engineering, and Nursing, and popular majors at BGSU including Business, Education, and Health Professions. While LSSU has

	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	Lake Superior State University
Overview
Location	Bowling Green, Ohio	Sault Ste Marie, Michigan
Campus setting	Town: Fringe	Town: Remote
College type	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Public	Public
Calendar system	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate
Students retention rate	78.0%	67.0%
Common app member	Yes	No
Religious affiliation

Admission
Acceptance rate	78.7%	73.3%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $45 Graduate: $45
SAT range	1020 - 1210	950 - 1160
ACT range	20 - 25	18 - 27
Students submitting SAT score	17.0%	43.0%
Students submitting ACT score	64.0%	9.0%
Total number of applicants	18,295	2,411
Total number of admissions given out	14,404	1,767
Admitted students who chose to enroll	2,760	373
Yield rate	19.2%	21.1%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	Required
Recommendation letters	Not required	Not required
High school transcript	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Required	Not required

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	In state: $26,189 Out of state: $34,177	$24,150
Average net price	$16,684	$13,583
Tuition	In state: $10,776 Out of state: $18,764	$12,912
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $7,170 Meal plan: $4,804	$11,516
Available payment plans	Guaranteed tuition plan Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	96.0% Average amount $7,888	97.0% Average amount $10,820
Students receiving federal student loan	57.0% Average amount $5,305	59.0% Average amount $4,800
Students taking out private loans	10.0% Average amount $13,247	10.0% Average amount $14,945

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	14,465 Men 43.5% Women 56.5%	1,812 Men 44.2% Women 55.8%
Graduate students	3,180 Men 37.9% Women 62.1%	N/A
Racial/ethnic diversity	Very Low	Very Low
Out-of-state students	11.3%	13.8%
International students	4.0%	1.2%
Campus local/setting	Town: Fringe	Town: Remote
Dormitory capacity	5,911	850
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	Ohio Michigan Illinois Indiana New York	Michigan Indiana Minnesota Illinois Ohio

Academics
Popular study areas	Education Health Professions Business Visual & Performing Arts Kinesiology & Leisure Studies	Law Enforcement and Firefighting Business Health Professions Liberal Arts Kinesiology & Leisure Studies
Students to faculty ratio	18:1	16:1
Institutional accreditation	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission

Outcome
Graduation rate	62.5%	52.4%
Dropout rate	13.3%	16.6%
Transferred out	23.0%	27.7%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Human Resources Management and Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $84,102 Year 3: $83,744 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $75,302 Year 2: $79,688 Year 3: $76,011 Psychology, General (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $62,772 Year 2: $67,660 Year 3: $75,005 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $36,793 Year 2: $64,493 Year 3: $74,656 Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $65,119 Year 2: $63,005 Year 3: $74,156 Construction Engineering Technologies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $65,131 Year 3: $71,653 Construction Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $63,158 Year 2: $62,154 Year 3: $70,152 Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $56,435 Year 2: $64,829 Year 3: $68,794 Computer Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $60,054 Year 2: $57,318 Year 3: $67,036 Accounting and Related Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $59,124 Year 3: $65,091	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $58,165 Year 2: $58,601 Year 3: $60,574 Fire Protection (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $47,260 Year 3: $54,778 Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $35,343 Year 2: $39,639 Year 3: $48,561 Marketing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $36,312 Year 3: $47,637 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $37,532 Year 2: $35,988 Year 3: $41,129 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $40,840 Year 2: $33,993 Year 3: $40,637 Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $24,289 Year 2: $25,194 Year 3: $34,996 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $35,060 Year 3: N/A Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $68,914 Year 2: N/A Year 3: N/A Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $21,508 Year 3: N/A

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