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After Bowling Green State University-Firelands: graduation, pay and debt

Huron, Ohio · Public · 1,251 undergrads

10% of Bowling Green State University-Firelands students finish within six years, the typical student earns $52,269 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $23,250 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$52.3k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
10%
finish within six years.
51%
of first-years come back for year two.
$23.3k
median federal debt at graduation.
53%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
10%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
51%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
5.1%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
14%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
364
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
19%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
37%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
396
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
43%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$45,548
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$52,269
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
62%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
$23,250
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$17,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$18,625
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$15,971
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
53%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
58%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
69%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers