14,000 Jericho Park Road
Bowie, MD 20715

Bowie State University is a cultural melting pot. Nearly 6,000 students and hundreds of faculty and staff from backgrounds spanning the world create BSU's thriving academic community. With Washington and Baltimore at its doorstep, Bowie State offers a unique combination of social and scholastic opportunities and experiences. Students can choose from over 25 undergraduate Bachelor's degree majors, and 30 Masters, doctoral, and certificate programs. Bowie State University also offers small class sizes and an affordable tuition, as well as evening classes and distance, online, and continuing learning programs designed to suit the needs of working professionals.

As one of the ten oldest historically black colleges in the country, Bowie State has a proven record of academic excellence along with a rich history. Over the years, this university in Maryland has seen tremendous growth and development, and boasts a nationally recognized computer science and technology program. Bowie State University's student and professional research facilities are state-of-the-art, and students studying under computer science and technologies majors gain technologically advanced, firsthand experience in these fields. Most impressively, Bowie State University students have the opportunity to work directly with NASA on the university's satellite operations control center, which contributes to BSU's continuous primary rank as the top college for African American Master's degree students.

As a reflection of its success in sciences and technologies, engineering, and mathematics programs, Bowie State University was awarded a $27 million grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration/National Science Foundation to support the further advancement of these areas of study. Today, Bowie State has one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, built by Bowie State students.

Bowie State University's primary location offers opportunity for local job placement, and internships, as well as access to all the resources of a big city while maintaining a serene and nurturing campus environment. Students are involved in a variety of activities that span more than 90 clubs and organizations and a number of fraternities and sororities. Its commitment to academic achievement, coupled with endless opportunity, make Bowie State University an affordable choice in quality higher education.

Quick Facts:

Bowie State University offers over 25 undergraduate majors, 30 Master's and doctoral and degrees, and a variety of continuing education programs both in the classroom and online.

Bowie State University technology and sciences students and faculty built one of the world's most powerful computers in the world, which contributed to gaining the programs national recognition as a Model Institution for Excellence.

As the nation's oldest historically black college, Bowie State is also ranked as one of the best colleges for graduating African American students with Master's degrees.

In 2005, the university awarded its first doctorate in educational leadership. The university's teacher education program has been nationally recognized for more than 50 years.

Since its founding in 1865, Bowie State has remained committed to providing higher education access to the underprivileged.

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