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# Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Majors & Programs

Updated October 1, 2026

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## Which majors earn the most at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus?

The largest programs at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus span education and business fields with very different earnings profiles four years after completion. Special Education and Teaching, the largest program, shows a median of $45,224 with 204 degrees awarded.

Business Administration and Management, the second largest, posts $79,291 on 128 degrees awarded. The highest-earning programs are concentrated in engineering.

Computer Engineering leads with a median of $93,626 on 49 degrees awarded. Engineering-Related Fields follows at $89,514 on 53 degrees awarded.

The spread between these engineering, business, and education programs shows wide variation in median earnings four years after completion.

### Major mix · each dot ≈ 1% of completions

Share of reported completions in the bachelor’s programs included here. Each dot represents approximately 1% of those completions. Counts are credentials, not unique students; excluded programs are not zero activity.

-   Business**493 · 16.4%**
-   Education**464 · 15.4%**
-   Health professions**277 · 9.2%**
-   Parks and recreation**186 · 6.2%**
-   Visual and performing arts**182 · 6.0%**
-   Other**1,410 · 46.8%**

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Sort programsLargest programsHighest four-year earningsBest national field rankProgram name

68 of 68 programs shown

Four-year earnings · first six matching programs

**Computer Engineering 49 degrees awarded**
$93,626

**Engineering-Related Fields 53 degrees awarded**
$89,514

**General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations 36 degrees awarded**
$86,245

**Management Information Systems and Services 27 degrees awarded**
$84,838

**Information Science/Studies 29 degrees awarded**
$84,273

**Construction Engineering 54 degrees awarded**
$82,365

Each bar is a field’s median. Program size counts degrees awarded, not unique people or the earnings sample.

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Reported bachelor’s programs · earnings, program size and field ranks

| Program | Degrees awarded | 4-yr earnings | Field rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Computer Engineering | 49 | $93,626 | — |
| Engineering-Related Fields | 53 | $89,514 | — |
| General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations | 36 | $86,245 | — |
| Management Information Systems and Services | 27 | $84,838 | — |
| Information Science/Studies | 29 | $84,273 | — |
| Construction Engineering | 54 | $82,365 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | 128 | $79,291 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | 93 | $78,798 | — |
| Accounting and Related Services | 82 | $77,880 | — |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | 65 | $76,659 | — |
| Air Transportation | 79 | $75,845 | — |
| Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other | 72 | $75,677 | — |
| Economics | 26 | $74,844 | — |
| Mathematics small degree count | 18 | $74,705 | — |
| International Business | 27 | $74,183 | — |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions small degree count | 13 | $73,290 | — |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | 20 | $70,583 | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General small degree count | 9 | $70,493 | — |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other small degree count | 12 | $69,239 | — |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other | 34 | $66,280 | — |
| Marketing | 91 | $65,926 | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | 44 | $61,483 | — |
| Chemistry | 43 | $60,065 | — |
| Environmental Design | 25 | $59,873 | — |
| Business/Commerce, General | 25 | $59,221 | — |
| Political Science and Government | 31 | $58,254 | — |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | 37 | $57,196 | — |
| Public Health | 23 | $56,114 | — |
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services | 25 | $54,796 | — |
| Design and Applied Arts | 59 | $54,274 | — |
| Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies | 59 | $53,809 | — |
| Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy small degree count | 10 | $53,620 | — |
| Interior Architecture | 21 | $53,592 | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness | 127 | $52,818 | — |
| Graphic Communications | 58 | $52,388 | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | 111 | $52,068 | — |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | 33 | $51,758 | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions small degree count | 8 | $51,385 | — |
| Social Work | 54 | $51,267 | — |
| History small degree count | 17 | $50,693 | — |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | 86 | $50,120 | — |
| Gerontology small degree count | 7 | $50,070 | — |
| International/Globalization Studies small degree count | 5 | $49,925 | — |
| Journalism small degree count | 13 | $48,803 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | 45 | $47,937 | — |
| Biology, General | 121 | $47,131 | — |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General | 20 | $46,944 | — |
| Psychology, General | 110 | $46,481 | — |
| Special Education and Teaching | 204 | $45,224 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | 118 | $45,168 | — |
| Education, Other | 97 | $45,147 | — |
| Music | 20 | $44,037 | — |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | 76 | $43,468 | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | 56 | $42,463 | — |
| English Language and Literature, General small degree count | 16 | $41,578 | — |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | 29 | $39,707 | — |
| Sociology | 24 | $38,346 | — |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft small degree count | 15 | $37,094 | — |
| Fine and Studio Arts | 39 | $36,036 | — |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research small degree count | 12 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Area Studies small degree count | 10 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies small degree count | 6 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics small degree count | 5 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences small degree count | 5 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Philosophy, Politics, and Economics small degree count | 14 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences small degree count | 10 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Physics small degree count | 5 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Fire Protection small degree count | 17 | Too few graduates to report | — |

[Program data and definitions](#page-sources) · [How to evaluate program rankings](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/)

## What are the largest programs at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus?

Ten largest programs by degrees awarded

**Special Education and Teaching**
204

**Business Administration, Management and Operations**
128

**Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness**
127

**Biology, General**
121

**Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods**
118

**Criminal Justice and Corrections**
111

**Psychology, General**
110

**Education, Other**
97

**Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing**
93

**Marketing**
91

Counts describe degrees awarded in the reporting period, not current enrollment. [Program data and definitions](#page-sources)

## How do Bowling Green State University-Main Campus majors rank nationally?

National program ranks are not reported for this school.

[How Azimuth compares programs across colleges](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/)

## Further analysis

Outcomes at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus vary by field, and [Azimuth's program ranking](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/)s evaluate four-year earnings among completers, debt and cohort size rather than reputation. The university publishes four-year earnings for 59 programs.

Business makes up 16.4% of degrees awarded, Education makes up 15.4%, and Health Professions makes up 9.2%. The single largest program is Special Education and Teaching, with 204 degrees awarded a year and a four-year earnings median of $45,224.

The best-paid program is Computer Engineering, at $93,626 from 49 degrees a year. Business Administration and Management is the second-largest program, with 128 degrees awarded a year and graduates earning $79,291 four years after completion.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).