Top 10% of class: 26%
Top 25% of class: 60%
Top 50% of class: 91%
Deadlines
Early Action: No
Early Decision: No
Regular Action: 3/1 (priority)
Notification of admission by: 10/1
Common Application: Accepted
Financial Aid
In-state tuition: $23,950
Out-of-state tuition: $23,950
Room: Varies
Board: Varies
Books: $1,050
Freshmen receiving need-based aid: 69%
Undergrads rec. need-based aid: 72%
Avg. % of need met by financial aid: 66%
Avg. aid package (freshmen): $14,032
Avg. aid package (undergrads): $13,798
Freshmen receiving merit-based aid: 18%
Undergrads rec. merit-based aid: 23%
Avg. debt upon graduation: $17,116
Prominent Alumni
Ray LaHood ‘71, U.S. Secretary of Transportation; Aaron Schock ‘02, youngest congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois,18th District; Rene C. Byer ‘80, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, senior photograher, Sacramento Bee.
School Spirit
Colors: Red and white
Song: Hail Red and White
BRIDGEWATER STATE COLLEGE
Boyden Hall, Bridgewater, MA 02325
Admissions: 508-531-1237 • Financial Aid: 508-531-1341
Email: [email protected] • Website: http://www.bridgew.edu
From the College
“Bridgewater State College is the comprehensive public college of Southeastern Massachusetts and has a dual mission: to educate the residents of Southeastern Massachusetts and the Commonwealth, and to use its intellectual, scientific and technological resources to support and advance the economic and cultural life of the region. While maintaining its historical focus on the preparation of teachers, Bridgewater today provides a broad range of baccalaureate degree programs through its School of Arts and Sciences, its School of Education and Allied Studies and new School of Management and Aviation Science, which includes the only four-year Aviation program at a public college in New England.”
Campus Setting
Bridgewater, founded in 1840, is a public college of liberal arts and professional studies. Its 235-acre campus is located in Bridgewater, 28 miles south of Boston. A four-year public institution, Bridgewater State College has an enrollment of 10,774 students. The school also has a library with 305,090 books. It provides on-campus housing that can accommodate 2,065 students. Housing options: coed dorms • single-student apartments. Recreation and sports facilities include: athletic and football fields • baseball and softball parks • gymnasium • tennis courts.
Student Life and Activities
Most students (68 percent) live off campus which does impact the on-campus social scene. Nevertheless, like any college, students do find time to create their own recreational outlets. Popular gathering spots are the campus center, the Rat and Cen-zio’s. Favorite campus activities include Winterfest, Springfest and Homecoming. Bridgewater State College has 67 official student organizations. Circle K, WBIM, the Program Committee and the Student Government Association have strong presences on campus. Bridgewater State College is a member of the ECAC (Division I, Football I-AA), Little East Conference (Division III), Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference (Division III), New England Football Conference (Division III), New England Women’s Lacrosse Alliance (Division III) and Pilgrim League (Division III).
Academics and Learning Environment
For the B student, the learning environment of a college is just as important as the quality of its academic program. Bridgewater State College has 302 full-time and 260 part-time faculty members, offering a student-to-faculty ratio of 23:1. The most common course size is 20 to 29 students. Bridgewater State College offers 44 majors with the most popular being business/marketing, elementary education and psychology and least popular being physics, economics and philosophy. The school has a general core requirement. Cooperative education is not offered. All first-year students must maintain a 2.0 GPA or higher to avoid academic probation, and a minimum overall GPA of 2.0 is required to graduate. Other special academic programs that would appeal to a B student: independent study • double majors • accelerated study • honors program • internships • distance learning.
B Student Support and Success
Bridgewater offers the Academic Achievement Center (AAC), which features learning assistance programs and is home to Second Language Services, the Office of Disability Resources, Tutoring Services, the Writing Studio, Mathematics Services, Study and Research Services and the Communication Laboratory. The college also provides a Core Curriculum that is a skill centered, outcomes-based general education course, designed to help all students prepare for learning in their chosen fields. It is made up of four areas: skills requirements (writing, logical reasoning, mathematical reasoning and spoken communication); core distribution requirements (arts, humanities, natural and social and behavioral sciences, global culture, multiculturalism, quantitative reasoning and the U.S. Constitution); seminars (writing/speaking intensive courses) and requirements in the major (connecting the core curriculum to each major).
Bridgewater State College provides a variety of support programs including dedicated guidance for: academic • career • personal • psychological • minority students • family planning • religious. Annually, 82 percent of freshmen students return for their sophomore year. Companies that most frequently hire graduates from Bridgewater State College include: Accenture • Advanced Rehabilitation System • Bayer Diagnostic • Boston Biomedical • Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital • Brown & Co. • Delta Airlines • Department of Social Services • Fidelity Investments • FleetBoston • Foxboro Company • General Dynamics • Gillette Company • Health South • Investors Bank & Trust • LEC Environment Consulting Little • Mass General Hospital • Massachusetts House of Representatives • May Institute • Meditech • Midwest Express Airline • New England Cable News • Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital • PBS Consultants • PricewaterhouseCoopers • Providence Journal • Putnam Investments • Springborn Laboratories • State Street • Stone and Webster • United States Department of Labor • WCVB TV 5 • Wells Fargo Financial • WPEP 1570 AM.
Support for Students with Learning Disabilities
Students with learning disabilities may take advantage of specific support programs offered by Bridgewater State College. If necessary, the college will grant additional time to students with learning disabilities to complete their degree. Also, a lightened course load may be granted to LD students. Students with learning disabilities will find the