Bridgewater State University — Attraction in Bridgewater

This is an update to a previous rating regarding graduate programs at Bridgewater. After spending more time here and attending more classes, I can only report a positive experience.

Significant efforts have been made to offer additional classes since my last review and the criminal justice department has been excellent about expediting my progression as much as possible through the program as a working professional.

I can not adequately emphasize the quality of some of my criminal justice professors. They genuinely are knowledgeable in their particular fields and I have greatly appreciated the wide range of information they have been able to offer to me over the course of my time here. They truly care about students and are some of the hardest working professors I have seen.

While the facilities themselves are not ivy-league and database subscriptions may not be as numerous as other institutions; this place is an excellent value for the education you receive. You'll definitely work harder here and it will be challenging, but the sentiment that you earned the degree will make it worth the effort because you will have actually learned something...

Horrible school, they FORCE you to pay a non refundable $200 deposit JUST to get your financial aid!! That is fraudulent! You are seriously just a number there, nothing else. If you call them, be prepared to be put on hold for at least 5-10 minutes. They also will jerk you around just to get your money, for instance they told me there was an IT program, when there wasn't! It was a computer science program, their response was "it's close enough" no... it isn't close enough. Not to mention they charge you $200 to park and if you want to use their gym they charge you for that too! They are money grubbing leaches. I'm so glad I didn't go there, it is truly a horrible school, some of the staff is nice, like the librarians, but most of the staff are rude, like during seminar I raised my hand for a question, and the lady REFUSED to help me, she literally just plain out right ignored me, as if I killed her dog or something. I got up and walked out.

I've been dealing with many schools trying to transfer from my 2 year college and all of them treated me like a human being, not this school though. I wouldn't recommend anyone go there, this school is...

I have very little good things to say about BSU. Every advisor I have met with are clueless and incompetent. There are no communication between the departments and different programs. I truly believe they do not care about student success and their outcomes. There are quite a few majors that no matter what you do, you cannot finish all required courses and credits to graduate in four years. BSU is horribly managed. Any problem with safety they throw under the rug. There was a serious incident I had reported and was told I would have a meeting, and I was never reached out to again. I highly recommend looking at different schools. I have commuted and lived on campus, and can guarantee you this school is not worth it for the horrible service, classes, and price. I am very...