Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, Massachusetts · Public
Of 39 assessed programs, 38 leave graduates out-earning a typical Massachusetts high-school graduate (about $41,044/yr) and 1 fall short. Another 46 could not be assessed.
What would this cost you?
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $10,007 |
| $30k to $48k | $11,579 |
| $48k to $75k | $13,559 |
| $75k to $110k | $16,904 |
| $110k and up | $21,176 |
| All families (average) | $16,383 |
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.
Program earnings vs a high-school graduate
Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.
39 of 85 programs could be assessed 46% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Years to repay | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $51,939 | +$10,895 | clears the bar | $24,030 | 2.2 yrs | 312 |
| Management Science | Bachelor's Degree | $64,769 | +$23,725 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 1.1 yrs | 188 |
| Criminal Justice | Bachelor's Degree | $64,178 | +$23,134 | clears the bar | $24,135 | 1.0 yrs | 164 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Bachelor's Degree | $58,255 | +$17,211 | clears the bar | $24,490 | 1.4 yrs | 157 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | $51,523 | +$10,479 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 2.6 yrs | 138 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | $56,968 | +$15,924 | clears the bar | $24,250 | 1.5 yrs | 131 |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | $59,510 | +$18,466 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 1.4 yrs | 92 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $39,871 1-year earnings | -$1,173 | falls short | $23,250 | insufficient data | 86 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $51,020 | +$9,976 | clears the bar | $26,000 | 2.6 yrs | 83 |
| Special Education | Master's Degree | $64,424 | +$23,380 | clears the bar | $20,500 | 0.9 yrs | 80 |
| Social Work | Master's Degree | $75,783 | +$34,739 | clears the bar | $40,772 | 1.2 yrs | 78 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $79,315 | +$38,271 | clears the bar | $23,000 | 0.6 yrs | 78 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $52,936 | +$11,892 | clears the bar | $26,750 | 2.2 yrs | 71 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $60,880 | +$19,836 | clears the bar | $23,250 | 1.2 yrs | 66 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | $69,937 | +$28,893 | clears the bar | $20,500 | 0.7 yrs | 63 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | $54,709 | +$13,665 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 1.8 yrs | 63 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $45,747 | +$4,703 | clears the bar | $24,681 | 5.2 yrs | 56 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | $57,978 | +$16,934 | clears the bar | $20,500 | 1.2 yrs | 51 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $54,224 | +$13,180 | clears the bar | $25,248 | 1.9 yrs | 51 |
| School Counseling | Master's Degree | $62,371 | +$21,327 | clears the bar | $30,750 | 1.4 yrs | 46 |
| Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology | Bachelor's Degree | $50,059 | +$9,015 | clears the bar | $24,009 | 2.7 yrs | 46 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $87,099 | +$46,055 | clears the bar | $24,586 | 0.5 yrs | 44 |
| Special Education | Bachelor's Degree | $55,692 | +$14,648 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 1.8 yrs | 27 |
| Air Transportation | Bachelor's Degree | $70,215 | +$29,171 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 0.9 yrs | 27 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | $80,287 | +$39,243 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 0.7 yrs | 25 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | $58,936 | +$17,892 | clears the bar | $20,814 | 1.2 yrs | 25 |
| Accounting | Master's Degree | $99,020 | +$57,976 | clears the bar | $17,089 | 0.3 yrs | 23 |
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | $80,124 1-year earnings | +$39,080 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 18 |
| Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology | Master's Degree | $55,169 1-year earnings | +$14,125 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 18 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $114,541 | +$73,497 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 17 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Bachelor's Degree | $52,219 | +$11,175 | clears the bar | $19,500 | 1.7 yrs | 16 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $70,473 | +$29,429 | clears the bar | $23,421 | 0.8 yrs | 16 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Master's Degree | $65,938 | +$24,894 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 15 |
| English | Master's Degree | $62,844 | +$21,800 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 12 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | $50,376 | +$9,332 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 11 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | $56,609 | +$15,565 | clears the bar | $28,300 | 1.8 yrs | 10 |
| Criminal Justice | Master's Degree | $75,101 | +$34,057 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelor's Degree | $57,550 | +$16,506 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 1.6 yrs | 2 |
| Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment | Bachelor's Degree | $53,872 | +$12,828 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Health Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 38 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 32 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 31 |
| Educational Administration | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 29 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 17 |
| Counseling Psychology | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 14 |
| Computer Science | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 12 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 12 |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 11 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 11 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| Public Administration | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 6 |
| Dance | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 6 |
| Security Science and Technology | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 5 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Special Education | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Geography and Environmental Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Physical and Occupational Therapy | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Physical and Occupational Therapy | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Accounting | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Business | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Educational Administration | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Special Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| School Counseling | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Psychology | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Anthropology | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Finance | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Management Science | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Education, Other | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification) | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Biology | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Mathematics | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Physics | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Criminal Justice | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Public Administration | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Music | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| History | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($41,044/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.