unitid 231581 · Bridgewater, VA · private nonprofit 4-year · suburb (small)
Bridgewater College
- enrollment 2023
- 1,461
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
92%
84th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
1,400
63rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
30%
undergrads on Pell grants
40th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
53%
finish within 150% time
42nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$58,702
73rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$17,800
after aid, aided students
27th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$53,453
after entry, Title IV students
52nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$26,000
71st pctl among private nonprofit 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 $13,283 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $71,046
- First-generation students
- 32%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $16,090
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.1× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 71 | $57,724 | $26,000 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 48 | $53,447 | $27,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 36 | $49,009 | $26,733 |
| Biology, General. | 25 | $51,398 | $27,000 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 23 | $47,686 | $26,000 |
| History. | 19 | — | $27,000 |
| Computer Science. | 13 | — | $26,000 |
| English Language and Literature, General. | 13 | $47,436 | — |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General. | 13 | — | — |
| Human Resources Management and Services. | 13 | — | — |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 10 | — | — |
| Sociology. | 9 | — | — |
— 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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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.