unitid 165024 · Bridgewater, MA · public 4-year · suburb (large)
Bridgewater State University
- enrollment 2023
- 11,383
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
88%
61st pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
7,829
65th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
32%
undergrads on Pell grants
50th pctl among public 4-years
completion
53%
finish within 150% time
66th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$26,160
71st pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$16,383
after aid, aided students
75th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$57,466
after entry, Title IV students
69th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$24,286
86th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $10,007 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k21%
- 30-48k13%
- 48-75k15%
- 75-110k20%
- 110k+31%
- Median family income
- $57,864
- First-generation students
- 34%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $11,808
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.4× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology, General. | 309 | $49,130 | $27,000 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 145 | $61,733 | $26,696 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 140 | $65,563 | $27,000 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 135 | $50,312 | $26,848 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 127 | $52,423 | $27,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 124 | $53,967 | $27,000 |
| Social Work. | 93 | $71,018 | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 93 | $76,525 | $27,000 |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 75 | $65,706 | — |
| Marketing. | 74 | — | $23,375 |
| Social Work. | 72 | $49,143 | $27,000 |
| Biology, General. | 70 | $62,139 | $27,000 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.