Master's · Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Is Student Counseling and Personnel Services at Bridgewater State University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $62,395
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $66,994
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $39,738
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $42k (likely $42k – $42k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$5k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$275k (likely −$360k – −$196k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$311k (likely −$480k – −$138k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Bridgewater State University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$114,541
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$99,020
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$93,647
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$87,099
- Chemistry (Bachelor's)$80,287
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$79,315
- Social Work (Master's)$75,783
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Master's)$75,101
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$70,965
- Economics (Bachelor's)$70,473
- Air Transportation (Bachelor's)$70,215
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$69,937
Student Counseling and Personnel Services at other schools in Massachusetts
- Harvard University$105,033
- Boston College$73,791
- Springfield College$70,046
- Springfield College-Regional Online and Continuing Education$70,046
- Boston University$69,238
- University of Massachusetts-Boston$63,123
- Assumption University$60,768
- Cambridge College$60,011
- Salem State University$57,817
- Merrimack College$56,863