Bridgewater College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small suburb.

Overview

Bridgewater College, also known as BC, is a private, co-educational, liberal arts college located in Bridgewater, Virginia, United states. It was established in the year 1880. The Bridgewater College campus encompasses an area of 190 acres. The college is a member of the Brethren Colleges Abroad and is the first coeducational college in Virginia. It offers more than 40 major and minor degrees and over a dozen specializations in a variety of fields. Various pre-professional programs are also available.

Bridgewater College has an active student life and hosts over 70 on-campus clubs and organizations. Some of these are the Bridgewater College Ultimate Club, Flawless Hip-Hop Dance Team, Music Educators National Conference, and the Awareness Building Outreach Organization, among others. The institution is home to several honor societies including Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha, Alpha Psi Omega, and Omicron Delta Kappa.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Church of Brethren religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in science and nutrition and exercise therapy.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Large number of programs of study offered.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: 4-1-4 plan.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, Liberal Arts.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,514 in 2009-2010 (1,520 full-time equivalent).

About 38% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 62% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 99% of the student body. About 0% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Bridgewater provides on-campus housing for 1,377 of its 1,520 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 20 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (55 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management
• Management Information Systems

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (5 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (5 awarded)

• Environmental Science

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (28 awarded)

• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Social Science Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (19 awarded)

• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies

FINE ARTS (5 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (46 awarded)

• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (18 awarded)

• Mass Communication/Media Studies

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (0 awarded)

• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music History, Literature, and Theory

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (32 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Health and Physical Education
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (3 awarded)

• Philosophy and Religious Studies

SCIENCE (47 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physical Sciences
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (23 awarded)

• Psychology