Student Population at Bridgewater State

By race/ethnicity, 6,586 White, 1,041 Black, and 222 Asian students out of a total of 9,727 are attending at Bridgewater State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Bridgewater State University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 51.5% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

By age, Bridgewater State has 282 students under 18 years old and 15 students over 65 years old. There are 7,546 students under 25 years old, and 2,181 students over 25 years old out of 9,727 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 282 students are younger than 18 and 11 students are older than 65. Bridgewater State has 7,178 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,092 students aged 25 and over.

It has 368 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,089 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Bridgewater State University, 1,092 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,614 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,036 students who live in Massachusetts or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 56 students live in another State or outside of the United States.