Which Bridgewater State major has the lowest debt?

Marketing graduates leave with a median of $23,375 in federal loans, the lowest among 22 Bridgewater State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Bridgewater State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $11,808 a year, and $17,948 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $16,383 a year.

How many Bridgewater State programs report graduate pay?

22 bachelor's programs at Bridgewater State report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Bridgewater State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Bridgewater State University
Public university
Bridgewater, MA
7,829 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

22 Bridgewater State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Science pays the most in the first year ($57,007), and Communication Sciences and Disorders the least ($27,901). The median program pays $42,824.

In-state tuition and fees$11,808Per year. Out-of-state $17,948

Average net price after aid$16,383Per year

Graduation rate53%Within 6 years

Admission rate88%Of applicants

All 22 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Massachusetts" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Massachusetts. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Massachusetts
1	Computer ScienceAbout 47 graduates a year	$57,007	$86,608	$27,000	20th of 20
2	ChemistryAbout 14 graduates a year	$55,376	$82,869	$27,000	2nd of 7
3	AccountingAbout 93 graduates a year	$54,221	$76,525	$27,000	10th of 14
4	Special EducationAbout 46 graduates a year	$50,061	$57,064	$27,000	1st of 2
5	MathematicsAbout 50 graduates a year	$48,457	$64,119	$27,000	11th of 15
6	Management ScienceAbout 140 graduates a year	$45,720	$65,563	$27,000	4th of 4
7	BiologyAbout 70 graduates a year	$44,626	$62,139	$27,000	8th of 32
8	Teacher EducationAbout 124 graduates a year	$43,800	$53,967	$27,000	4th of 13
9	Criminal JusticeAbout 145 graduates a year	$43,735	$61,733	$26,696	6th of 16
10	EconomicsAbout 25 graduates a year	$43,682	$55,503	$27,000	18th of 21
11	AviationAbout 42 graduates a year	$43,171	$72,093	$26,939	1st of 1
12	Political ScienceAbout 21 graduates a year	$42,476	$61,779	$25,000	15th of 29
13	Social WorkAbout 72 graduates a year	$41,187	$49,143	$27,000	3rd of 7
14	MarketingAbout 74 graduates a year	$39,871	Not reported	$23,375	12th of 13
15	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 127 graduates a year	$38,216	$52,423	$27,000	2nd of 2
16	PsychologyAbout 309 graduates a year	$35,718	$49,130	$27,000	19th of 32
17	SociologyAbout 55 graduates a year	$35,680	$48,932	$27,000	13th of 20
18	EnglishAbout 68 graduates a year	$34,569	$49,785	$27,000	15th of 28
19	HistoryAbout 69 graduates a year	$34,215	$53,760	$27,000	10th of 20
20	CommunicationsAbout 135 graduates a year	$34,146	$50,312	$26,848	14th of 20
21	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 47 graduates a year	$29,595	$46,680	$27,000	5th of 16
22	Communication Sciences and DisordersAbout 38 graduates a year	$27,901	Not reported	$26,471	4th of 4

Program names link to the program's own page, and Massachusetts ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Massachusetts programs in the field do too.

3 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer Science$57,007
Chemistry$55,376
Accounting$54,221
Special Education$50,061
Mathematics$48,457

Lowest median debt

Marketing$23,375
Political Science$25,000
Communication Sciences and Disorders$26,471
Criminal Justice$26,696
Communications$26,848

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 309 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 145 graduates a year
Management ScienceAbout 140 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 135 graduates a year
Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 127 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Science graduates earn a median of $57,007 in their first year, the most of 22 Bridgewater State bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Massachusetts rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels