Admissions & selectivity
Bridgewater State University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Bridgewater State University?
Bridgewater State University’s reported acceptance rate is 87.8%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 87.8%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
At 87.8%, Bridgewater State University admits most applicants in the reported pool, a rate above the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size). The comparison shows that admission was more common here than at the middle comparable institution in that release.
What SAT and ACT scores do Bridgewater State University students report?
Submitted scores at Bridgewater State University provide a reference point for recent enrollees, not an admissions floor. Applicants can place their SAT result alongside the university’s 1,060 to 1,263 range, which marks the middle half of enrolled students who submitted SAT scores.
The corresponding ACT range was 25 to 30 among enrolled students who submitted ACT scores. These ranges describe people who enrolled and chose to submit results, rather than minimums or every enrolled student.
They offer a school-specific frame for assessing submitted scores alongside the rest of an application.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Bridgewater State University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- Approximate lower endpoint
- 1060
- Approximate upper endpoint
- 1263
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.
- 25th percentile
- 25
- 75th percentile
- 30
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at Bridgewater State University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 31.9%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 34.4%
- First-year retention
- 75.1%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
Bridgewater State University has an undergraduate population that includes transfer entry as well as recipients of federal grant aid. Its 7,829 undergraduates include 31.9% receiving Pell Grants, a financial-access measure, and an estimated 34.4% who entered as transfers or part-time students.
This mix suggests that attendance includes people starting bachelor’s study at the university and people continuing coursework begun elsewhere. These figures describe the enrolled undergraduate mix rather than admission priorities or an individual applicant’s prospects.
Bridgewater State University shows above-peer outcomes for both returning after the first year and finishing within six years. Among full-time bachelor’s-seeking first-year students, 75.1% return for a second year, compared with 73.7% at comparable institutions (same type and size).
The first-time full-time cohort’s six-year graduation rate is 53.4%, versus a peer median of 49.1%. Pell recipients in that cohort complete within six years at 61.3%, above the overall rate by 7.9 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect overall retention and completion rates that exceed the comparable-institution medians, though individual timing may vary. The above-peer overall measures and higher Pell completion rate point in the same direction.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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