-20%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Bridgewater State University fell 20% between 2021 and 2024 (39.4% → 31.7%).
Massachusetts · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, Massachusetts. 7,899 undergraduate students. 81 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Bridgewater State University
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-15%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Bridgewater State University fell 14% between 2021 and 2024 (62.4% → 53.4%).
+10%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Bridgewater State University rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($10.7k → $11.8k).
-5pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 5 pp at Bridgewater State University vs the 2018–2022 baseline (54.6% vs 59.8%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Massachusetts
Each tile compares this institution to the Massachusetts median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$57,466+23% · 6→10y
Massachusetts median $56,022$46,673
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry54.6%+4% · '97→'24
Massachusetts median 66.5%$18,746+342% · '97→'20
At program completion7,899+18% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS76.9%+5% · '04→'09
first-time, full-time89.2%+18% · '01→'24
latest cohort$11,389+300% · '00→'24
out-of-state $17,529SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
4.3%Median federal debt $18,746 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $57,466 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+300%
Bridgewater State University · in-state tuition rose
$2,954 → $11,808
+100%
Bridgewater State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,974 → $17,948
+342%
Bridgewater State University · median debt rose
$5,500 → $24,286
-100%
Bridgewater State University · cohort default rate fell
5.8% → 0.0%
+22%
Bridgewater State University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$41,000 → $50,191
+24%
Bridgewater State University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$37,700 → $46,673
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$111,061Accounting and Related Services.$104,917Computer Science.$86,608Chemistry.$82,869Accounting and Related Services.$76,525Air Transportation.$72,093Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$71,598Social Work.$71,018Special Education and Teaching.$65,706Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.$65,563Mathematics.$64,119Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$64,018Biology, General.$62,139Political Science and Government.$61,779Criminal Justice and Corrections.$61,733Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$60,760Geography and Cartography.$57,329Special Education and Teaching.$57,064Economics.$55,503Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$53,967History.$53,760Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$52,423Communication and Media Studies.$50,312English Language and Literature, General.$49,785
Showing top 24 of 30 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
30 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$52,423Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$53,967Special Education and Teaching.$65,706Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$71,598Special Education and Teaching.$57,064Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$64,018Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$60,760
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
TRANSPORTATION & MATERIALS MOVING · CIP 49
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Bridgewater State University
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$22,955
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 32
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $16,464
- HS-only baseline · MA
- $42,600
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 42
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Massachusetts
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Bridgewater State University graduates earn $X” — not “Bridgewater State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Bridgewater State University caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.