by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Bridgewater State University came in at #495 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts, Bridgewater State came in at #26.
The total graduate student population at Bridgewater State is made up of 76.3% women and 23.7% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 15.3% of the graduate student population at Bridgewater State. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 2.0% of graduate students hail from another country. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $1,675 | $1,675 |
| Fees | $9,722 | $9,722 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from Bridgewater State enter careers with an average starting salary of $52,015. When comparing to other master's degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 11% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Bridgewater State University.
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 |
About 27.5% of the graduate students at Bridgewater State University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 12.5% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
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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