Bowie State University

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Everything we know

From this institution's Wikidata record. Figures that change every year show the latest value; earlier years and longer lists open with a click.

About

instance of	university historically black college or university public educational institution of the United States
inception	1865
academic calendar type	semester

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Bowie
headquarters location	Bowie
street address	14000 Jericho Park Rd, Bowie, MD 20715-9465
postal code	20715-9465
coordinate location	39.0216, -76.7568
official website	https://www.bowiestate.edu/ · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	5,600
employees	400
admission rate	81% · 2020
admission yield rate	23% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	master's colleges and universities: larger programs high undergraduate research doctoral: professional-dominant four-year, medium, primarily residential four-year, full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence

Structure and memberships

parent organization or unit	University System of Maryland
child organization or unit	Thurgood Marshall Library Bowie State University Department of Nursing
has part(s)	Bowie State Bulldogs · object of statement has role: university and college sports club
member of	American Council on Education American Association of State Colleges and Universities Center for Research Libraries
athletics program	Bowie State Bulldogs

Other facts

number of viewers/listeners	2,943,500 · YouTube video views · YouTube channel ID: UC-N4GMyDa2_RV0aqNd8PqpQ · YouTube handle: bowiestateuni · 24 November 2025

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	Bowie-state-university-torch.jpg
logo image	Bowie state univ textlogo.svg

Wikimedia and technical details (6)

Commons category	Bowie State University
topic's main category	Category:Bowie State University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Bowie State University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Bowie State University faculty
on focus list of Wikimedia project	WikiProject African diaspora
social media followers	14,731 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 27767737 · 7 February 2023 Earlier figures (3) 13,626 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 27767737 · 21 February 2022 12,015 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 27767737 · 7 January 2021 11,208 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 27767737 · 19 April 2020

Identifiers in other databases (33)

Crunchbase organization ID	bowie-state-university
DPLA subject term	Bowie State University Bowie State University--Universities and colleges by name
Facebook username	bowiestate
FAST ID	677880
Freebase ID	/m/02hq70
GeoNames ID	4349171
GNIS Feature ID	597107
GRID ID	grid.253246.4
HAL structure ID	519325
Instagram username	bowiestateuniversity
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	162007
ISNI	0000000088153378
J9U entity ID	987013316989205171
KISTI ID	K000206839
Library of Congress Authorities ID	no92012369
Library of Congress Classification	LD571.B245
LittleSis organization ID	109929
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	324100
OpenStreetMap way ID	511789833
Quora topic ID	Bowie-State-University
Ringgold ID	1887
ROR ID	0567w8j84
SAM ID	WMEEHCAPGR65
SEVIS school ID	12111
Threads username	bowiestateuniversity
Times Higher Education World University ID	bowie-state-university
VIAF cluster ID	128127110
World Higher Education Database ID	IAU-001737
X (Twitter) topic ID	1316814027415117824 · subject named as: Bowie State University
X (Twitter) username	bowiestate · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 11,208 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 27767737 · 19 April 2020 BowieState
YouTube channel ID	UC-N4GMyDa2_RV0aqNd8PqpQ · subject named as: Bowie State University · number of works: 228 · number of subscribers: 1,340 · number of viewers/listeners: 1,745,457 · 6 December 2020
YouTube handle	bowiestateuni · YouTube channel ID: UC-N4GMyDa2_RV0aqNd8PqpQ · 21 October 2025
‎Scilit organization ID	2415