by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Bridgewater College was awarded 16 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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College Factual ranked Bridgewater as #1,327 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
Bridgewater also holds the #29 spot on the Best Colleges in Virginia ranking.
The acceptance rate at Bridgewater College is 75%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Bridgewater is a good fit for you.
About 17% of students accepted to Bridgewater submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 545 and 620. Math scores were between 520 and 630.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Bridgewater College, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Bridgewater College is 81%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Bridgewater College is 68%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Bridgewater the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 53%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Bridgewater College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,552 undergraduates at Bridgewater with 1,539 being full-time and 13 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,714 | $18,579 | $19,772 | $21,623 | $23,279 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Bridgewater, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Bridgewater, approximately 67% of students took out student loans averaging $6,923 a year. That adds up to $27,692 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Bridgewater is 4.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
See which majors at Bridgewater College make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Bridgewater College.
Contact details for Bridgewater are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 402 E College St, Bridgewater, VA 22812-1599 |
| Phone: | 540-828-8000 |
| Website: | https://www.bridgewater.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/bridgewatercollege |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/BridgewaterNews |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 72 | $36,588 |
| Health & Physical Education | 46 | $30,003 |
| General Biology | 22 | $25,400 |
| General Psychology | 21 | $26,753 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 18 | $42,293 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 14 | $29,542 |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 14 | NA |
| General Family & Consumer Sciences | 14 | NA |
| Writing Studies | 14 | NA |
| General English Literature | 13 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 47 students took at least one online class at Bridgewater College. This is an increase from the 14 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 47 | 0 |
| 2019-2020 | 14 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 12 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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