Bridgewater State University Teaching Programs

Bridgewater State University is a public institution located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Bridgewater State is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

Where Is Bridgewater State University?

Contact details for Bridgewater State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA 02325
Phone:	508-531-1000
Website:	www.bridgew.edu

How Do I Get Into Bridgewater State?

You can apply to Bridgewater State online at: www.bridgew.edu/admissions/undergraduate/apply

Admission Requirements for Bridgewater State

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Bridgewater State?

Bridgewater State has the high acceptance rate of 88%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 43% of accepted students are men and 57% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 85%, and the acceptance rate for women is 90%.

Average Test Scores

About 14% of students accepted to Bridgewater State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 610. Math scores were between 510 and 600.

Bridgewater State received ACT scores from 1% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 19 and 25.

Can I Afford Bridgewater State University?

The overall average net price of Bridgewater State is $29,750. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Bridgewater State, approximately 83% of students took out student loans averaging $5,544 a year. That adds up to $22,176 over four years for those students.

Bridgewater State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 8,369 undergraduate students at Bridgewater State, with 6,520 being full-time and 1,849 being part-time.

There are also 1,573 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,520 full-time undergraduates at Bridgewater State, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Bridgewater State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	131
Black or African American	671
Hispanic or Latino	559
White	4,749
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	385

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Bridgewater State University. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 43 countries are represented at Bridgewater State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Cape Verde, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Bridgewater State University

In 2022-2023, 5,526 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Bridgewater State has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 7th most popular in Massachusetts for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

Bridgewater State University Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Special Education	4	27	0	80	111
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	0	77	5	5	87
Elementary Education	0	39	0	42	81
Early Childhood Education	0	47	0	6	53
Secondary Education	0	52	0	0	52
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	0	29	18	47
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	32	0	0	15	47
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	0	0	0	46	46
English & Language Arts Education	0	22	12	10	44
Health Education	0	37	0	0	37
Reading Teacher Education	0	0	0	27	27
Art Education	0	8	4	1	13
Music Education	0	7	2	4	13
Educational/Instructional Technology	11	0	0	0	11
History Education	0	0	0	9	9
Biology Education	0	3	3	1	7
Mathematics Education	0	0	3	4	7
Bilingual & Multilingual Education	4	0	0	0	4
Science Education	0	0	1	2	3
Teacher Education	0	0	0	3	3
Drama & Dance Education	0	2	0	0	2
Physics Education	0	0	1	0	1
Spanish Education	0	1	0	0	1
Urban Education & Leadership	0	0	0	0	0
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	0	0	0	0	0
Chemistry Education	0	0	0	0	0
Family & Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education	0	0	0	0	0
Social Science Teacher Education	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	51	322	60	273	706

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Jeremy Foote under License

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