Bowie State University is a public historically Black university in Bowie, Maryland, between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and a member of the University System of Maryland. It was founded on January 9, 1865 by the Baltimore Association for the Moral and Educational Improvement of the Colored People, initially as a teaching school in Baltimore, and describes itself as Maryland's oldest historically Black university. Wikipedia reports about 5,970 students in fall 2025, roughly 4,800 of them undergraduates. In 1992 it became the first HBCU to expand overseas through graduate programs for military personnel abroad. It operates a satellite operations control center with Honeywell and NASA Goddard, counts teacher-astronaut Christa McAuliffe among its alumni, and received MacKenzie Scott gifts of $25 million in 2020 and $50 million in 2025. Its athletic teams compete in NCAA Division II.
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Bowie State's catalog states no application fee is charged, with hardship waivers honored, and SAT/ACT are optional in the newer catalog. Older catalog versions list different GPA thresholds, so confirm with admissions.
Dates, fees and criteria change every session. Always confirm them on the official admissions page before applying.
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14000 Jericho Park Rd, Bowie, MD 20715, United States, Maryland
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