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Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater State University is a public university with its main campus in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest of nine state universities in Massachusetts. Including its off-campus sites in New Bedford, Attleboro, and Cape Cod, BSU has the fourth-largest campus of the 29 institutions in the Massachusetts Public Higher Education System. BSU's sports teams are called the Bears. Its school colors are crimson, white, and black.

Identifiers

OPEID6 Six-digit base OPE ID (without the two-digit branch suffix)
2183
OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier, used for federal financial aid program participation
218300
IPEDS UNITID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System identifier assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
165024
DAPIP ID Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs identifier from the U.S. Department of Education
120829

Location

Bridgewater, MA, 2325

41.987490, -70.974553

Accreditation

New England Commission on Higher Education

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