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Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, MA · Public · 7,829 students · mostly bachelor degrees
31st-cheapest of 117 Massachusetts colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$16,383
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$26,160
Graduation rate
53%
Admission rate
88%
Median graduate earnings
$57,466
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$24,286
Average SAT
1180
Median ACT
24
Pell grant recipients
32%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
85 programsBusiness Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree34 grads/yr$114,541Accounting · Master's Degree19 grads/yr$99,020Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree47 grads/yr$87,099Environmental Chemistry · Bachelor's Degree14 grads/yr$80,287Accounting · Bachelor's Degree93 grads/yr$79,315Social Work · Master's Degree93 grads/yr$75,783Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Master's Degree11 grads/yr$75,101Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree25 grads/yr$70,473Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew · Bachelor's Degree42 grads/yr$70,215Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education · Master's Degree47 grads/yr$69,937Teaching French as a Second or Foreign Language · Master's Degree11 grads/yr$65,938Management Science · Bachelor's Degree140 grads/yr$64,769Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic and Other Physical Health Impairments · Master's Degree75 grads/yr$64,424Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Bachelor's Degree145 grads/yr$64,178English Language and Literature, General · Master's Degree12 grads/yr$62,844College Student Counseling and Personnel Services · Master's Degree23 grads/yr$62,371Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree70 grads/yr$60,880Social Work · Bachelor's Degree72 grads/yr$59,510Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree21 grads/yr$58,936Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree127 grads/yr$58,255Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Master's Degree37 grads/yr$57,978Geographic Information Science and Cartography · Bachelor's Degree1 grads/yr$57,550Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree135 grads/yr$56,968French Language and Literature · Bachelor's Degree4 grads/yr$56,609Education/Teaching of Individuals with Orthopedic and Other Physical Health Impairments · Bachelor's Degree46 grads/yr$55,692
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.