by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Bridgewater State University was awarded 443 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is teacher education grade specific.
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Bridgewater State is ranked #529 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Bridgewater State held the #903 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Bridgewater State also holds the #26 spot on the Best Colleges in Massachusetts ranking.
Bridgewater State University has an acceptance rate of 86%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for Bridgewater State.
About 18% of students accepted to Bridgewater State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 610. Math scores were between 500 and 590.
At Bridgewater State University, the student to faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Bridgewater State University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Bridgewater State University has a freshmen retention rate of 79%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At Bridgewater State this rate is 37%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 9,028 undergraduates at Bridgewater State with 7,133 being full-time and 1,895 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $13,252 | $15,498 | $18,485 | $21,626 | $23,059 |
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 State, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Bridgewater State, approximately 83% of students took out student loans averaging $5,544 a year. That adds up to $22,176 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Bridgewater State is 5.6%. 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.
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Contact details for Bridgewater State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA 02325 |
| Phone: | 508-531-1000 |
| Website: | www.bridgew.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.bridgew.edu/socialmedia |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/BridgeStateU |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting | 361 | $44,074 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 345 | $36,273 |
| General Psychology | 345 | $33,990 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 184 | $42,273 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 171 | $33,863 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 153 | $33,791 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 149 | $36,336 |
| Marketing | 99 | NA |
| General Biology | 91 | $36,843 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 82 | $34,835 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 4,396 students took at least one online class at Bridgewater State University. This is an increase from the 4,364 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 4,396 | 817 |
| 2019-2020 | 4,364 | 348 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,777 | 436 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,434 | 333 |
| 2016-2017 | 3,012 | 242 |
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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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