Bellingham Technical College Overview

Bellingham Technical College is a public institution located in Bellingham, Washington. The location of Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Bellingham Technical College Known For?

• The highest award offered at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute is the bachelor's degree.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute makes roughly $43,600 a year. This is 7% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Bellingham Technical College Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Value Data Entry Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Value General Engineering Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Value Heavy Equipment Maintenance Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best Value Electromechanical Engineering Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#17	Best Value Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#35	Best Value Mechanic & Repair Technologies Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#46	Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#53	Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#90	Best Value Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#3	Best Value Colleges for Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Technology	College Factual
#8	Best Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Technology Schools	College Factual
#15	Best Value Colleges for Electromechanical Engineering Technology	College Factual
#16	Best Electromechanical Engineering Technology Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#89	Best Value Colleges for Marketing/Marketing Management, General	College Factual
#90	Best Value Colleges for Marketing	College Factual

Where Is Bellingham Technical College?

Contact details for Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3028 Lindbergh Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225-1599
Phone:	360-752-7000

How Do I Get Into Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute?

You can apply to Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute online at: https://www.btc.edu/ApplyNow

Bellingham Technical College has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Bellingham Technical College?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute, approximately 8% of students took out student loans averaging $5,446 a year. That adds up to $21,784 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute is 15.5%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.

Bellingham Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,848 undergraduate students at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute, with 1,127 being full-time and 721 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,127 full-time undergraduates at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute, 55% are male and 45% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Bellingham Technical College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	46
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	141
White	718
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	212

Over 5 countries are represented at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, Spain, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Bellingham Technical College

In 2019-2020, 1,326 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 31st most popular in Washington for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Bellingham Technical College was 70.3%. This is the #508 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Bellingham Technical College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Computer Systems Networking	22	14	36	0	72
General Engineering Technology	37	28	0	2	67
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair	32	13	13	0	58
Nursing	0	56	0	0	56
Business Support & Assistant Services	29	8	6	0	43
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers	0	17	21	0	38
Precision Metal Working	12	15	10	0	37
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	36	0	0	0	36
Marketing	25	7	0	0	32
Electromechanical Engineering Technology	0	31	0	0	31
Allied Health Professions	0	27	0	0	27
Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance	4	11	11	0	26
Accounting	0	10	13	0	23
Health & Medical Administrative Services	4	0	12	0	16
Dental Support Services	0	10	0	0	10
Human Development & Family Studies	9	0	0	0	9
Culinary Arts	0	1	8	0	9
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	8	0	0	8
Data Entry	0	3	4	0	7
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation & Refrigeration	0	7	0	0	7
Fisheries Sciences	1	6	0	0	7
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services	5	0	0	0	5
Business Administration & Management	0	0	0	4	4
Computer Science	0	3	0	0	3
Physical Science Technicians	0	0	3	0	3
Cosmetology	0	2	0	0	2
General Business/Commerce	0	1	0	0	1
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	1	0	0	0	1
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies	1	0	0	0	1
Legal Support Services	0	1	0	0	1
Building Management & Inspection	0	0	0	0	0
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	0	0
Civil Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0	0
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0	0
Electronics Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0	0
Engineering-Related Technologies	0	0	0	0	0
Mechanical Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	218	279	137	6	640

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.