What is the deadline for Music Scholarships?

The music scholarship audition date listed is Saturday, March 14.

Bridgewater College · Virginia

Bridgewater College Merit Aid

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The merit-aid verdict at Bridgewater College

Bridgewater College rewards musical talent across a wide range of instruments and voice.

Who this school is for

If you sing, play an instrument, or have strong musical ability, Bridgewater offers dedicated scholarships to support your passion.

Tuition / cost of attendance: Approximately $40,188 for 2026-2027. Source

Federal cost and outcome data

Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Bridgewater College, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.

Average annual net price by family income at Bridgewater College, academic year 2021-22
Family income	Average net price paid
$0–$30,000	$13,283
$30,001–$48,000	$12,468
$48,001–$75,000	$15,046
$75,001–$110,000	$20,582
$110,001+	$21,448
All income levels (average)	$17,800

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23: $16,090
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22: $17,800

That works out to roughly a 70% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $58,702 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).

Outcomes for students who enrolled here

Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort: 53%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort: 75%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers: $26,000 (~$276/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21): $53,453
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22: 32%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22: 59%

How to read these numbers

Net price reflects only first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students who received federal Title IV financial aid — not Bridgewater College's full student body.
Published tuition is the catalog sticker price for all students, not a Title IV-only figure.
Graduation rate reflects the entire first-time, full-time, degree-seeking cohort — not only students who received Title IV aid.
Retention rate reflects all first-time, full-time, bachelor's-seeking students — not only Title IV aid recipients.
Median debt reflects only completers who took out federal student loans — not Bridgewater College's full graduating class, and not limited to first-time, full-time students.
Median earnings reflect Title IV aid recipients who entered college and were working (not enrolled) roughly a decade later — not necessarily the graduating cohort, and not a recent graduate's paycheck.
Pell grant and federal loan participation covers first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students only.
Net price blends need-based aid and merit aid together — it is not a merit-specific estimate. It shows what similar-income families actually paid on average after every kind of aid, not what a strong-stats student could win in merit dollars alone. Treat it as cost context, not a merit forecast — a MeritPlaybook models merit aid specifically for your student’s own stats, which this net-price figure cannot do.

None of this is current-year data — the U.S. Department of Education reports it on a delay, and different figures below come from different reporting years. Net price is an academic year 2021-22 figure. Published tuition reflects the 2022-23 academic year. Graduation rate reflects the Fall 2016 entering, full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking cohort; completion measured within 150% of normal time (~6 years for a bachelor's degree). IPEDS Graduation Rates component (C150_4). Retention reflects the Fall 2021 full-time, first-time, bachelor's-seeking cohort retained into the following fall. IPEDS Fall Enrollment component (RET_FT4). Median debt reflects the NSLDS FY2020 and FY2021 pooled completer cohorts (GRAD_DEBT_MDN, GRAD_DEBT_MDN10YR_SUPP). Median earnings reflect the Treasury-matched cohort entering college in AY2009-10 or AY2010-11, earnings measured 10 years later in calendar years 2020 and 2021, inflation-adjusted to 2022 dollars (MD_EARN_WNE_P10).

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard.

Lesser-known scholarships at Bridgewater College

Named awards that don’t always surface on the main financial aid page. Each one has its own eligibility rules.

Piano Organ Scholarships

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityPiano/Organ Scholarships are music scholarships with audition requirements including two contrasting solos or etudes, two major scales, and sight-reading.

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Woodwind Brass Scholarships

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityWoodwind/Brass Scholarships are music scholarships with audition requirements including two contrasting solos or etudes and sight-reading.

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Percussion Scholarships

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityPercussion Scholarships are music scholarships with audition requirements including a solo or etude on both snare drum and a mallet instrument, plus sight-reading.

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Vocal Choral Scholarships

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityVocal/Choral Scholarships are music scholarships with audition requirements including two contrasting vocal works, one in a foreign language and one in English, plus sight-reading.

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Strings And Guitar Scholarships

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityStrings and Guitar Scholarships are music scholarships with audition requirements for violin, viola, cello, bass, guitar, or electric bass.

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Bridgewater College merit aid FAQ

What is the deadline for Music Scholarships?
The music scholarship audition date listed is Saturday, March 14.

Sources used on this page

Every claim is checked against Bridgewater College’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

coaBridgewater College cost-of-attendance worksheet
scholarshipPiano Organ Scholarships

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