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BGSU announces record retention, highest enrollment in more than a decade

Enrollment success comes at a time when the U.S. News and World Report ranks Bowling Green State University in their tier one of 2021 Best Colleges listing

In what may be the unlikeliest of years, Bowling Green State University has announced its highest enrollment in more than a decade and the highest retention rate of students in the University’s history.

Defying the national trend of declining enrollment, BGSU is up 1.6% in headcount from fall 2019, with 20,232 students enrolled for the fall 2020 academic term.

The University’s retention rate saw an even larger increase, up 2.