Marietta College vs Bowling Green State University-Main Campus (BGSU)

Marietta College and Bowling Green State University-Main Campus, two distinct institutions of higher learning, offer unique educational experiences to prospective students. Marietta College, a private liberal arts college, boasts a selective admissions process with an acceptance rate of 68%, while Bowling Green State University-Main Campus, a public research university, welcomes a larger applicant pool with an acceptance rate of 84%. Marietta College's student body is predominantly White (86%) and female (58%), while Bowling Green State University-Main Campus has a more diverse student population, with 73% White, 10% Black or African American, and 7% Hispanic or Latino students. Both institutions offer a wide range of undergraduate programs, with popular majors at Marietta College including Business, Education, and Psychology, and popular majors at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus including Business, Health Professions, and Engineering. With graduation rates of 65% and 59% respectively, both colleges strive to

	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	Marietta College
Overview
Location	Bowling Green, Ohio	Marietta, Ohio
Campus setting	Town: Fringe	Town: Fringe
College type	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Public	Private (Non Profit)
Calendar system	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	78.0%	67.0%
Common app member	Yes	Yes
Religious affiliation

Admission
Acceptance rate	78.7%	83.1%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $45 Graduate: $45
SAT range	1020 - 1210	950 - 1190
ACT range	20 - 25	18 - 24
Students submitting SAT score	17.0%	16.0%
Students submitting ACT score	64.0%	66.0%
Total number of applicants	18,295	2,200
Total number of admissions given out	14,404	1,828
Admitted students who chose to enroll	2,760	328
Yield rate	19.2%	17.9%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	Required
Recommendation letters	Not required	Required
High school transcript	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Required	Required

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	In state: $26,189 Out of state: $34,177	$45,008
Average net price	$16,684	$21,384
Tuition	In state: $10,776 Out of state: $18,764	$36,410
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $7,170 Meal plan: $4,804	Room/dormitory: $6,788 Meal plan: $4,980
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	99.0% Average amount $29,018
Students receiving federal student loan	57.0% Average amount $5,305	75.0% Average amount $5,728
Students taking out private loans	10.0% Average amount $13,247	16.0% Average amount $6,675

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	14,465 Men 43.5% Women 56.5%	1,173 Men 51.1% Women 48.9%
Graduate students	3,180 Men 37.9% Women 62.1%	92 Men 20.7% Women 79.3%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Very Low	Very Low
Out-of-state students	11.3%	27.2%
International students	4.0%	2.6%
Campus local/setting	Town: Fringe	Town: Fringe
Dormitory capacity	5,911	1,207
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	Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania Florida

Academics
Popular study areas	Education Health Professions Business Visual & Performing Arts Kinesiology & Leisure Studies	Health Professions Engineering Education Business Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Students to faculty ratio	18:1	8:1
Institutional accreditation	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission

Outcome
Graduation rate	62.5%	50.9%
Dropout rate	13.3%	48.4%
Transferred out	23.0%	N/A
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	Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $101,101 Year 2: $109,763 Year 3: $121,091 Petroleum Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $76,751 Year 2: $71,575 Year 3: $89,305 Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $35,416 Year 3: $44,981 Journalism (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $29,685 Year 3: N/A Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $34,526 Year 3: N/A Marketing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $36,134 Year 3: N/A

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