Applicants, Acceptance Rate, Yield Trends at Bridgewater State

At Bridgewater State University, the average acceptance rate over the past 11 years is 83.89%, and 2024's acceptance rate is 89.00%. Bridgewater State's acceptance rate has been higher every year for the past 3 years.

The average yield (enrollment rate) over the period is 25.15%, and the 2024 yield is 21.00%.

The number of Bridgewater State applicants decreased by -2.00% (176 applicants) compared to the previous year.

Acceptance Rate Changes

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 83.89%, and this year's acceptance rate is 89.00% at Bridgewater State University. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 80.91% and women students' rate is 86.10%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Bridgewater State University over the past 11 years (2013-2024).

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Year	Total	Men	Women
	2013-14	78.60%	74.46%	81.49%
2014-15	79.31% 0.71%	76.97% 2.51%	80.94% -0.55%
2015-16	80.71% 1.40%	78.44% 1.47%	82.29% 1.34%
2016-17	80.96% 0.25%	78.61% 0.17%	82.59% 0.31%
2017-18	80.36% -0.60%	77.56% -1.05%	82.43% -0.16%
2018-19	90.14% 9.78%	87.97% 10.42%	91.68% 9.25%
2019-20	87.66% -2.48%	84.87% -3.10%	89.66% -2.02%
2020-21	82.31% -5.35%	78.14% -6.73%	85.18% -4.48%
2021-22	86.00% 3.69%	81.01% 2.87%	90.01% 4.83%
2022-23	87.71% 1.71%	85.00% 3.99%	89.86% -0.15%
2023-24	89.00% 1.29%	87.00% 1.99%	91.00% 1.14%
Average	83.89%	80.91%	86.10%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 11 years is 25.15% where the current academic year yield is 21.00%.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Bridgewater State University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31.72%	32.60%	31.16%
2014-15	33.49% 1.76%	33.62% 1.03%	33.39% 2.23%
2015-16	32.26% -1.22%	34.90% 1.28%	30.51% -2.88%
2016-17	29.20% -3.06%	30.67% -4.23%	28.22% -2.29%
2017-18	29.55% 0.35%	30.09% -0.58%	29.17% 0.95%
2018-19	24.74% -4.80%	25.85% -4.23%	23.99% -5.19%
2019-20	18.75% -5.99%	19.44% -6.41%	18.29% -5.70%
2020-21	17.66% -1.09%	18.47% -0.97%	17.15% -1.14%
2021-22	18.00% 0.34%	19.99% 1.52%	17.00% -0.15%
2022-23	20.32% 2.32%	21.82% 1.83%	19.20% 2.20%
2023-24	21.00% 0.67%	22.01% 0.19%	18.99% -0.21%
Average	25.15%	26.32%	24.28%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

Over the past 10 years, The average number of applicants is 7,492, the average number of admitted is 6,326, and the average number of first-year enrolled students is 1,504.

The number of Bridgewater State applicants decreased by -2.00% (176 applicants) compared to the previous year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Bridgewater State University from 2013 to 2024.

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Year	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled
2013-14	5,920	4,653	1,476
2014-15	5,799 -2.04%	4,599 -1.16%	1,540 4.34%
2015-16	5,868 1.19%	4,736 2.98%	1,528 -0.78%
2016-17	6,007 2.37%	4,863 2.68%	1,420 -7.07%
2017-18	6,343 5.59%	5,097 4.81%	1,506 6.06%
2018-19	6,806 7.30%	6,135 20.36%	1,518 0.80%
2019-20	9,800 43.99%	8,591 40.03%	1,611 6.13%
2020-21	9,555 -2.50%	7,865 -8.45%	1,389 -13.78%
2021-22	8,881 -7.05%	7,638 -2.89%	1,375 -1.01%
2022-23	8,807 -0.83%	7,725 1.14%	1,570 14.18%
2023-24	8,631 -2.00%	7,682 -0.56%	1,613 2.74%
Average	7,492	6,326	1,504

Compare Acceptance Rate Change to Similar Colleges

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