Enrollment Trends at Bridgewater State

The student population at Bridgewater State University is 9,604 (8,116 undergraduate and 1,488 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,663 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Bridgewater State is 84.51% which is decreased by 1,499 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 164 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.56 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,004 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 477.01% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,763 where 9,604 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

84.51% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.49% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,499 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 164 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.56 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Bridgewater State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Bridgewater State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11,267	9,615	3,998	5,617	1,652	455	1,197
2014-15	11,187 -80	9,628 13	3,954 -44	5,674 57	1,559 -93	442 -13	1,117 -80
2015-16	11,089 -98	9,608 -20	3,964 10	5,644 -30	1,481 -78	436 -6	1,045 -72
2016-17	10,998 -91	9,562 -46	3,961 -3	5,601 -43	1,436 -45	394 -42	1,042 -3
2017-18	11,019 21	9,558 -4	3,941 -20	5,617 16	1,461 25	400 6	1,061 19
2018-19	10,990 -29	9,504 -54	3,924 -17	5,580 -37	1,486 25	366 -34	1,120 59
2019-20	10,881 -109	9,463 -41	3,911 -13	5,552 -28	1,418 -68	366 0	1,052 -68
2020-21	10,651 -230	9,028 -435	3,625 -286	5,403 -149	1,623 205	385 19	1,238 186
2021-22	9,942 -709	8,369 -659	3,404 -221	4,965 -438	1,573 -50	365 -20	1,208 -30
2022-23	9,604 -338	8,116 -253	3,391 -13	4,725 -240	1,488 -85	364 -1	1,124 -84
Average	10,763	9,245	3,807	5,438	1,518	397	1,120

Bridgewater State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,245 where 8,116 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Bridgewater State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9,615	8,034	3,336	4,698	1,581	662	919
2014-15	9,628	8,019	3,260	4,759	1,609	694	915
2015-16	9,608	7,933	3,220	4,713	1,675	744	931
2016-17	9,562	7,826	3,198	4,628	1,736	763	973
2017-18	9,558	7,858	3,226	4,632	1,700	715	985
2018-19	9,504	7,877	3,228	4,649	1,627	696	931
2019-20	9,463	7,681	3,134	4,547	1,782	777	1,005
2020-21	9,028	7,133	2,800	4,333	1,895	825	1,070
2021-22	8,369	6,520	2,667	3,853	1,849	737	1,112
2022-23	8,116	6,541	2,742	3,799	1,575	649	926
Average	9,245	9,245	3,081	4,461	9,245	726	977

Bridgewater State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,518 where 1,488 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Bridgewater State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,652	439	114	325	1,213	341	872
2014-15	1,559	433	115	318	1,126	327	799
2015-16	1,481	457	114	343	1,024	322	702
2016-17	1,436	456	105	351	980	289	691
2017-18	1,461	453	112	341	1,008	288	720
2018-19	1,486	467	88	379	1,019	278	741
2019-20	1,418	495	117	378	923	249	674
2020-21	1,623	517	107	410	1,106	278	828
2021-22	1,573	501	98	403	1,072	267	805
2022-23	1,488	484	94	390	1,004	270	734
Average	1,518	1,518	106	364	1,518	291	757

Bridgewater State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.32%. The percentage was 79.92% 10 years ago and Bridgewater State still has a high percentage of white students. 2.13% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.40% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bridgewater State University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	22	221	801	558	10	9,005	265
2014-15	27	209	933	617	9	8,573	290
2015-16	22	211	957	632	6	8,403	329
2016-17	18	179	1,052	681	5	8,278	370
2017-18	18	206	1,123	735	6	8,242	423
2018-19	16	197	1,140	719	9	8,170	478
2019-20	15	226	1,189	791	8	7,863	521
2020-21	15	201	1,151	805	4	7,688	520
2021-22	14	204	1,066	764	2	7,231	494
2022-23	11	205	999	846	4	6,850	553
Average	18	206	1,041	715	6	8,030	424

Bridgewater State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,004 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 477.01% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bridgewater State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,187	174	2,169	8,844
2015-16	11,089	197	2,524	8,368
2016-17	10,998	241	2,780	7,977
2017-18	11,019	242	2,770	8,007
2018-19	10,990	333	3,101	7,556
2019-20	10,881	436	3,341	7,104
2020-21	10,651	348	4,016	6,287
2021-22	9,942	817	3,579	5,546
2022-23	9,604	1,004	4,522	4,078
Average	10,707	421	3,200	7,085

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