Accreditations & Accolades
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Accreditation
Bowling Green State University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (www.hlcommission.org), a regional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
The Allen W. and Carol M. Schmidthorst College of Business holds dual accreditation in business and accounting from The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). Dual accreditation is achieved by only 1 percent of business schools worldwide.
Accolades
Ranked #1 in the Midwest for veterans and active military students by Military Times in their 2024 “Best for Vets: Colleges” category
Money Magazine named BGSU one of America's best colleges
BGSU’s Online MBA has been named in The Princeton Review’s Top 50 Online MBA Programs for the second year in a row (2025)
Ranked among the “Best Online MBA Programs” by U.S. News & World Report in 2025
The only Ohio institution with Quality Matters Online Learner Support Certification
Ranked #1 university in Ohio for student experience by The Wall Street Journal in 2024
Ranked #1 in Ohio for academic excellence, student experience, and employment outcomes for the second year in a row by Poets & Quants (2025)
The Bowling Green State University Online MBA was named one of the Midwest's and nation’s best by Fortune in 2024
Ranked among the top 100 for “Best Online MBA Programs for Veterans” by U.S. News & World Report in 2025
Nearly 1 in 10 students admitted into the MBA program at BGSU are active-duty military members or veterans
Ranked #1 for affordability among the nation's top 40 AACSB-accredited online MBA programs by Poets & Quants (2025)
Ranked among the top 20 "Most Affordable Online MBAs" by Fortune (2025)
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