Bridgewater College Overview

Located in Bridgewater, Virginia, Bridgewater College is a private not-for-profit institution. Bridgewater is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Bridgewater College Known For?

• The highest award offered at Bridgewater is the master's degree.
• In a recent academic period72% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Bridgewater with a bachelor's degree make about $53,453 a year. That's 31% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• The average Bridgewater student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Bridgewater College?

Contact details for Bridgewater are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	402 E College St, Bridgewater, VA 22812-1599
Phone:	540-828-8000
Website:	www.bridgewater.edu

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How Do I Get Into Bridgewater?

You can apply to Bridgewater online at: https://www.bridgewater.edu/admissions-aid/apply/

Admission Requirements for Bridgewater

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Bridgewater?

Bridgewater has the high acceptance rate of 90%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 47% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 90%, and the acceptance rate for women is 90%.

Average Test Scores

About 24% of students accepted to Bridgewater submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 630. Math scores were between 500 and 600.

Bridgewater received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 26. Math scores were between 16 and 0. Composite scores were between 22 and 28.

Can I Afford Bridgewater College?

The overall average net price of Bridgewater is $26,322. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Bridgewater, approximately 66% of students took out student loans averaging $7,029 a year. That adds up to $28,116 over four years for those students.

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Bridgewater College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,552 undergraduate students at Bridgewater, with 1,539 being full-time and 13 being part-time.

There are also 45 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,539 full-time undergraduates at Bridgewater, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	18
Black or African American	230
Hispanic or Latino	121
White	988
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	158

Geographic Diversity

Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at Bridgewater College. At this time, 15 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 17 countries are represented at Bridgewater. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Australia, Mexico, and Palestine, State of.

Bridgewater College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	71	0	71
Health & Physical Education	48	0	48
General Psychology	36	4	40
General Biology	25	0	25
Liberal Arts General Studies	23	0	23
History	19	0	19
Human Resource Management	0	13	13
Computer Science	13	0	13
General English Literature	13	0	13
General Visual & Performing Arts	13	0	13
Communication & Media Studies	8	3	11
Natural Resources Conservation	10	0	10
Sociology	9	0	9
Fine & Studio Arts	9	0	9
Writing Studies	7	0	7
Political Science & Government	7	0	7
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	6	0	6
General Family & Consumer Sciences	6	0	6
Allied Health Professions	0	6	6
Economics	6	0	6
Music	6	0	6
Romance Languages	5	0	5
Physics	5	0	5
Chemistry	4	0	4
Mathematics	2	0	2
Drama & Theater Arts	2	0	2
Management Information Systems	1	0	1
International Relations & National Security	1	0	1
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	0	0	0
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies	0	0	0
TOTAL	355	26	381

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
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