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Bridgewater College
Bridgewater, VA · Private (nonprofit) · 1,400 students · mostly bachelor degrees
48th-cheapest of 108 Virginia colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$17,800
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$58,702
Graduation rate
53%
Admission rate
92%
Median graduate earnings
$53,453
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$26,000
Average SAT
1180
Median ACT
25
Pell grant recipients
30%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
35 programsComputer Science · Bachelor's Degree13 grads/yr$81,050Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree7 grads/yr$66,305Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree71 grads/yr$61,276Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree25 grads/yr$58,732Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree48 grads/yr$55,288Art/Art Studies, General · Bachelor's Degree9 grads/yr$54,910Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree8 grads/yr$53,615General Studies · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$51,160Sociology, General · Bachelor's Degree9 grads/yr$49,139Public/Applied History · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$48,113Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree36 grads/yr$42,141
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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