Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science (BSFS) Student Measures and Performance
Annual BSFS Recruiting and Enrollment
| Incoming Freshman | 2026-27 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Applications | 405 | ||
| Denied | 170 | ||
| Accepted Full Admit | 209 | ||
| Accepted Pre-Forensic Science | 26 | ||
| Enrolled at Start of Fall of Academic Year | 72 BSFS/8 Pre BSFS | ||
| Transfers | |||
| External Transfer Applications | 24 | ||
| Accepted Pre-Forensic Science | 19 | ||
| External Transfer Enrolled Start of Fall of Academic Year, Pre-Forensic Science | 8 | ||
| BGSU Major Changes, Throughout AY | 4 SU | ||
| Major Changes Fully Admitted | 4 SU | ||
| Accepted Pre-Forensic Science | 0 SU | ||
| Total Program Enrollment Fall of Academic Year |
196 BSFS/27 Pre-Forsci as of 6/5/2026 | ||
| Degrees Awarded During Academic Year |
Please Note: Information above as of 6/5/2026. Numbers will be updated when the fall semester census is done. Starting Fall 2025 External Transfer Students are only evaluated for admittance into pre-forensic science designation.
| Incoming Freshman | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applications | 83
| 184 | 206 | 231
| 273 | 248 | 305 | 298 | 342 |
| Denied | 46
| 95
| 94
| 101 | 171 | 147 | 163 | 174 | 135 |
| Accepted | 37 | 89
| 112 | 130
| 102 | 101 | 142 | 123 | 133 |
| Enrolled Admitted Students at Start of Fall of AY | 23
| 39
| 62
| 56
| 42
| 41 | 59 | 67 | 64 |
| Transfers | |||||||||
| External Transfer Applications | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 12 |
| External Transfer Full Admit | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 FA/ 1 SP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Enrolled at the start of the Fall of the AY | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BGSU Major Changes Evaluated | 14 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 22 | 7 |
| Summer | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 |
| Fall | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Spring | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Total Major Changes Full Admit | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 |
| Total BSFS Program Enrollment Fall of AY (Excludes Pre-Forensic Science) | 42 | 79 | 136 | 167 | 156
| 142 | 150 | 181 | 183 |
| BSFS Degrees Awarded During AY | 2
| 1 | 9
| 20
| 31
| 41 | 29 | 33 | 34 |
| Pre-Forensic Science | |||||||||
| Admited | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 69 |
| Admitted Major Change Students | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 5 |
| Admitted External Transfer Students | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1 |
| Enrolled Start of Fall of AY | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 18 |
At the start of AY 2025-2026 the pre-forensic science code was formed. The table above now inlcudes information to reflect the new pre-forensic science code.
Starting AY 2025-2026 External Transfer students are only reviewed for pre-forensic science, not full admit.
BSFS Student Measures by Cohort
| Cohort | Enrollment | Average High School GPA | Currently Enrolled Fall 2025/ (Graduated)^ | Current/(Graduate) Average Cumulative GPA^ |
| Fall 2025~ | 64/15 | {4.09/3.72} | {39/7}/0 | {3.52/2.729}/n/a |
| Fall 2024 | 67 | 4.03 | 41/0 | 3.59/n/a |
| Fall 2023 | 59 | 4.01 | 25/(6) | 3.53/(3.82) |
| Fall 2022 | 41 | 4.08 | 2/(23) | 3.55/(3.58) |
| Fall 2021 | 42
| 4.05 | 1/(21) | 2.38/(3.79) |
| Fall 2020 | 56 | 4.10 | (26) | (3.56)
|
| Fall 2019 | 62
| 4.04 | 1/(36)
| 2.369/(3.64) |
| Fall 2018 | 39
| 3.87 | (17)
| (3.44) |
| Fall 2017 | 23
| 3.89 | (19)
| (3.63) |
| *Fall 2016 | 11 | ----- | (8) | (3.55) |
26.50% of Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science graduates are students who were not initally admitted directly into the forensic science major.
*BSFS academic program approved by the Ohio Department of Higher Education - August 2016. All enrollment for Fall 2016 were transfer students due to new program and approval timing.
^As of May 26, 2026
~ Full Admit Number/Pre-Forensic Science Number
Academic Year Graduations include Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters in that order.
Please visit the Office of Institutional Research for more data regarding BGSU as a whole.
Specializations of BSFS Students
Enrollment Non-Census For Fall 2026 as of 5/27/2026
Forensic DNA Analysis 66
Forensic Drug Analysis 31
Forensic Examination 97
Culminating Experiences
Students majoring in Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science have three different choices for completing their culminating experience:
- FSCI 4700, Research in Forensic Science, taken as the culminating experience version
- FSCI 4890, External Forensic Science Internship, as approved via process in BSFS Handbook
- FSCI 4990, Forensic Science Capstone, taken specific to specialization
BSFS Student Research Highlights
BSFS students are required to complete a culminating experience and many choose to do so through a research-based capstone, honors project, and /or other ongoing departmental research. Recent examples of undergraduate student research are listed below.
Spring 2026:
Kaden Dusa - "Alternative Methods For Shooting Reconstruction in the Absence of a Discharged Bullett and GSR"
Madeleine Freyhof- "Evaluating Drug Use Through Examination of Local Water Sources: Drug Concentrations Within Biota Systems"
Emily Kosmick - "Comparison of Drug-Drug Interactions with Prescription Drugs on Performance Impairment While Operating a Motor Vehicle"
Grace Martin - "A Comparison of Fingerprints, Forensic Odontology, and DNA Analysis for Postmortem Identification After a Mass Disaster"
Shana Phillips - "Reviewing Methods of Epigenetic Analysis Applied to Forensic Science"
Kaitlyn Pierce - "Glass Fracture Pattern Analysis of Different Shaped Impacts"
Kassandra Royko - "Understanding Drug Variability for Postmortem Redistribution (PMR) Risk and Determining Improvement for Interpretive Methods"
Brandon Schmakel - "Pepper Spray Exposure and The Effect on DNA Profiling of Blood"
Ann Schmidt - "Separating and Identifying DELTA-8-THC AND DELTA-9-THC on GC/MS"
Marissa Sharaba - "Evaluation of the Mechanism of Rehydration on Aged Latent Fingerprints Using Oil Red O, Small Particle Reagent, and Crystal Violet"
Tyler Steffes - "Comparison of alcohol concentration in saliva: immediate versus delayed analysis"
Cassidy Wiersma - "Analysis of Planted Evidence in the Case Against O.J. Simpson and the Case Against Steven Avery"
More BSFS Research
Internship Experiences
Summer 2022
- FBI
- Hamilton County Coroner and Crime Lab
- Kansas Bureau of Investigations
Fall 2022
- Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation- Bowling Green
- FBI
Summer 2023
- Ohio Attorney General
- Newburgh Heights Police Department
- Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation-Bowling Green
- Hamilton County Coronor and Crime Lab
- Northern Colorado Regional Forensic Lab
Summer 2024
- Franklin County Coronor's Office
- Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office
- Center for Forensic Science Research and Education
- Lucas County Coronor's Office
Summer 2025
- Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation
- Darke County Coroners Office
- Michigan State Police
- Center for Forensic Science Research and Education
Summer 2026
- Stark County Coroner's Office
- Center for Forensic Science Research and Education
- Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner
- Allegheny County
Note: Some students choose not to obtain credit for external internships, above is a collection of both internships used as cluminating experiences and those that were not used for credit.
As of 6/3/26
Capstone
| Specialization | AY 2025-2026 | AY 24-2025 | AY 23-2024 | AY 22-2023 |
| Forensic DNA Analysis | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 |
| Forensic Drug Analysis | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Forensic Examination | 10 | 12 | 6 | 23 |
As of 6/3/2026
Job Placement
BGSU Forensic Science encourages students to stay in touch with our office and report their job placement. Additionally we survey graduates.
Current job placement data for our graduates:
- 26.00%-Work in a crime lab
- 24.0%-Work in a non-crime lab
- 10.50%-Decided to further their education pursuing graduate school
- 7.50%-Are in a non-lab employment position
- 32.00%-Did not respond
33.5% of BSFS graduates work in Ohio.
As of 6/3/2026
BSFS Graduates
| AY 2025-2026 | AY 2024-2025 | AY 2023-2024 | AY 2022-2023 | |
| # of graduates with job /job offers | 8 | 18 | 16 | 26 |
| # of graduates admitted into advanced degree programs | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| # of graduates unreachable/ did not respond | 22 (15 are May 2026 graduates) | 11 | 11 | 10 |
As of 6/3/2026
Updated: 06/05/2026 10:44AM