Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater, Massachusetts · Public · Predominantly bachelor's · Suburb: Large

Official websiteNet price calculatorAccreditor: New England Commission on Higher Education

The average annual net price for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid (in-state) is $18,061. 52% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $61,441 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $23,465.

Average net price
$18,061
per year Verified data
Completion rate
52%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$61,441
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$23,465
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$12,194
Out-of-state tuition and fees$18,334
Average cost of attendance$28,736
Books and supplies$2,200
Room and board, on campus$15,805
Average net price, all aided students$18,061
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000$13,235
Average net price, family income over $110,000$23,368

Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid, at in-state rates. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.

Admissions and enrollment

Admission rate
88%
SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
1060 to 1263
ACT composite range, middle 50%
25 to 30
Undergraduate enrollment
7,829
Graduate enrollment
1,457
Students receiving Pell grants
36%
Student to faculty ratio
17 to 1

Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.

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Graduation, earnings, and debt

Completion within 150% of normal time52%
Completion within normal time31%
First-year retention (full-time)75%
Median federal debt, graduates$23,465
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$267
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$20,676
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry78%
1 year after completion$45,871
4 years after completion$59,669
6 years after entry$51,943
8 years after entry$57,412
10 years after entry$61,441
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $61,441; the middle half earned $43,791 to $83,782. Cohorts differ by measure; see definitions below.
Measure definitions and cohorts
  • Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
  • Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
  • Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.

Programs and program-level outcomes

Highest early earnings among programs at Bridgewater State University

Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled one year after completing, by program. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy and not shown.

91 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.

Undergraduate certificate (16)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
CIP 13.02 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business/Commerce, General
CIP 52.01 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational/Instructional Media Design
CIP 13.05 · No credentials fully online
18Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
CIP 05.02 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
CIP 16.01 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Administration
CIP 44.04 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Security Science and Technology
CIP 43.04 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
CIP 13.14 · No credentials fully online
29$45,328Suppressed for privacy
Bachelor's degree (38)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
72$60,125$27,000
Air Transportation
CIP 49.01 · No credentials fully online
29$47,579$23,636
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
57$50,574$25,972
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
16Suppressed for privacy$28,000
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
CIP 51.02 · No credentials fully online
55$38,922$27,000
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · Some credentials fully online
115$43,107$24,146
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
46$58,466$27,000
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · Some credentials fully online
129$46,928$26,876
Dance
CIP 50.03 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Economics
CIP 45.06 · No credentials fully online
23$52,841$22,275
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
78$44,372$27,000
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
45$32,454$27,000
Geography and Cartography
CIP 45.07 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geography and Environmental Studies
CIP 30.44 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online
8$37,035Suppressed for privacy
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
CIP 51.00 · No credentials fully online
81Suppressed for privacy$25,337
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
58$40,740$27,000
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
CIP 52.13 · Some credentials fully online
126$54,193$25,950
Marketing
CIP 52.14 · No credentials fully online
54$53,234$25,750
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
44$45,019$23,883
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
CIP 30.99 · Some credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Philosophy
CIP 38.01 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacy$24,704
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences
CIP 26.09
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online
21$51,906$25,990
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · Some credentials fully online
243$42,531$27,000
Public Health
CIP 51.22 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
CIP 51.23 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Work
CIP 44.07 · No credentials fully online
78$45,945$27,000
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
47$40,955$27,000
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · Some credentials fully online
45Suppressed for privacy$26,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · Some credentials fully online
112$47,395$27,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
133$39,523$27,000
Post-baccalaureate certificate (1)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
CIP 30.99
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Master's degree (26)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
16$76,837Suppressed for privacy
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · No credentials fully online
13$63,875Suppressed for privacy
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28 · No credentials fully online
13Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
CIP 51.02 · No credentials fully online
13$58,747Suppressed for privacy
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · All credentials fully online
28$70,965Suppressed for privacy
Educational/Instructional Media Design
CIP 13.05 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
13$63,299Suppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
CIP 52.13 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mathematics
CIP 27.01
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physical Sciences, General
CIP 40.01 · No credentials fully online
4Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Administration
CIP 44.04 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
CIP 51.23 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Work
CIP 44.07 · No credentials fully online
98$64,650Suppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · No credentials fully online
67$61,495Suppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online
15Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
CIP 13.11 · No credentials fully online
35$58,089Suppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
48$55,111Suppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
54$59,653Suppressed for privacy
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
CIP 13.14 · No credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Graduate certificate (10)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
CIP 13.02
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · No credentials fully online
24$93,647Suppressed for privacy
Educational/Instructional Media Design
CIP 13.05 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Security Science and Technology
CIP 43.04
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
CIP 13.11 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
21Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
CIP 13.14
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.
UNITID 165024, OPEID 002183. Data unavailable means the Department of Education did not publish the figure or suppressed it for privacy. Report a data issue.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.