Bridgewater College
School info
3.3
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.5
Food
2.5
Clubs
3.3
Facilities
3.4
Internet
3.2
Location
3.3
Opportunities
3.4
Safety
4.1
Social
3.2
Happiness
3.6
Basic Information
Location
- Bridgewater, VA
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Private liberal arts college
- Established: 1880; 144 years ago (1880) (predecessor)1889; 135 years ago (1889) (current institution)
- Founder: Daniel Christian Flory
Academic information
Degree Courses
- Over 100
Key Area
- Biodegradable plastics
- stream restoration and habitat contamination
- customer loyalty in the automobile industry
- pain neuroscience education techniques
- data integration models and analytics
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 1,421
- Undergraduates: 1,385
- Postgraduates: 36
- Academic Staff: 94 full-time
Notable Alumni
- G. Steven Agee
- Pasco Middleton Bowman II
- David Branshaw
- Moses H. W. Chan
- Ray Bussard
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Students talk about this school
Good reviews
Overall 5
Great school. Incredible professors
Overall 4.6
It's a small school, so lots of opportunities to make friends. Awesome professors, and you learn a lot from the discussion-based classes. Dorms are quite well managed; never saw bugs in my room and the halls are kept clean. The food was ok for me but many others complained about undercooked chicken at the K.
Overall 4.5
It's perfect
Overall 4.4
I have never been so in love with place in my life. I am so grateful that I have the opportunity to spend four years on this beautiful campus with some of the most amazing people I have ever met. Not many college students are able to say they have such a strong connection with the faculty and staff of their school, so I feel truly thankful.
Overall 4.3
Some people dont like BC because its a small school but you all knew that coming here so dont complain. I love a small college thats why Im here.
Overall 4.3
Amazing place to be!
Overall 4.2
If you're into small schools, you'd love Bridgewater. It's a really small community, but I think that really lends itself to how caring and personal your relationship with the faculty and staff can become. And it's kind of in the middle of nowhere and you can smell the surrounding farms sometimes, but the school itself makes up for the boring town.
Overall 4.2
Love this school!!
Overall 4.2
It seems like a cliche slogan, but Bridgewater makes up a very tight-knit and freindly community. Everyone opens the doors for one another, saying "thank you" and "excuse me." There is not a lot of partying that goes on directly on campus, but with JMU being so close those that want the lifestyle can easily access it. It's a perfect balance.
Overall 4.1
Bridgewater isn't perfect, it has its like any school. But the community here rocks. It feels like home.
Bad reviews
Overall 1
Awful school
Overall 1
Student life is a joke. This school is fake news. Trust the reviews that say what goes on behind the scenes because that's what's real.
Overall 1
The food will make you vomit
Overall 1.1
choose another school
Overall 1.1
don't go here. its not worth your money
Overall 1.2
protect your mental health and don't go here
Overall 1.6
I originally had more to say but couldn't because it was labeled as not clean but this school literally one of the worst experiences of my life half of my freshman class dropped out or transferred.
Overall 1.7
Transferred. The people there are cool.
Overall 1.7
This school is not as good as they think and "show" perspective students & parents. It's like a bad high school some if not a lot of the time. The graduating (in 4 years) percent is low, which most do not know about. Also, if you need help with career information and figuring out what you want to do,don't come. They don't help a lot, you get stuck.
Overall 1.7
You don't get your money's worth. They treat their students like high school students, not adults. You don't have much freedom because you are required to live on campus all four years. The food is horrible, and they won't improve it because of money issues. Staff is not helpful.