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 3% student loan default rate at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The highest award offered at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute is the bachelor's degree.
• In <nil>, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute makes roughly $46,730 a year. This is 15% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

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
Website:	www.btc.edu

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 33% of students took out student loans averaging $6,235 a year. That adds up to $24,940 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute is 2.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Bellingham Technical College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,915 undergraduate students at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute, with 1,096 being full-time and 819 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,096 full-time undergraduates at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute, 58% are male and 42% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	37
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	156
White	711
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	179

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 2020-2021, 1,393 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.

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%.

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.