18
 Student to faculty ratio 
 (Indicator Number: 24)
         Category: Faculty
What It Measures: Number of faculty available to students.
Data Reporting Lag: The reporting for this indicator has a 2 year difference. The latest data available is from 2022 for the indicator reporting year of 2024
Value Comparison: When comparing this value for Adequacy and Improvement, a lower value is better.
Data Source For Indicator Value: IPEDS
Data Source For Peer Value: IPEDS
Benchmark Set By: Peers
IMPROVEMENT
    18 
    is currently above the average of the 3 previous years (16) 
  ADEQUACY
    18  
    is currently above the benchmark set by Peers (15 ) 
  Bowie State University's peers as of 2015
| Humboldt State University | 
| Fitchburg State University | 
| New Jersey City University | 
| William Paterson University of New Jersey | 
| State University of New York at New Paltz | 
| North Carolina Central University | 
| Winston-Salem State University | 
| East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 
| Virginia State University | 
| California State University, Bakersfield |