Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Overview

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is a public institution located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Bloomsburg is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Known For?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Bloomsburg.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 81% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Bloomsburg with a bachelor's degree make about $44,500 a year. That's 9% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 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.

Bloomsburg has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#85	Best Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#110	Best Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Bloomsburg.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#3	Best Value Allied Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Design & Applied Arts Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Value Other Social Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#9	Best Value Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Instructional Media Design Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#14	Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#14	Best Value Communication Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#45	Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#231	Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Bloomsburg has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#5	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Social Sciences	College Factual
#9	Best Value Colleges for Audiology/Audiologist	College Factual
#13	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Prep Programs	College Factual
#23	Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Schools	College Factual
#38	Best Value Colleges for Geological & Earth Sciences	College Factual
#39	Best Healthcare Undergraduate Certificate Schools	Healthcare Degree Search

Where Is Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania?

Contact details for Bloomsburg are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	400 E Second St, Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Phone:	570-389-4000
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/bloomuniversity?v=wall
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/BloomsburgU

How Do I Get Into Bloomsburg?

You can apply to Bloomsburg online at: www.bloomu.edu/admissions/

Admission Requirements for Bloomsburg

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	recommended
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Bloomsburg?

With an acceptance rate of 89%, Bloomsburg is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 87%.

Can I Afford Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania?

The overall average net price of Bloomsburg is $30,844. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Bloomsburg, approximately 79% of students took out student loans averaging $9,240 a year. That adds up to $36,960 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Bloomsburg is 7.4%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,731 undergraduate students at Bloomsburg, with 6,939 being full-time and 792 being part-time.

There are also 696 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,939 full-time undergraduates at Bloomsburg, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	85
Black or African American	462
Hispanic or Latino	522
White	5,322
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	524

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. At this time, 15 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 26 countries are represented at Bloomsburg. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Brazil, China, and Spain.

Online Learning at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

In 2019-2020, 8,153 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Bloomsburg has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 83rd most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Bloomsburg

The following table shows how Bloomsburg is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Computer Information Systems	#50	#59

Online Growth Rankings of Bloomsburg

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania was 185.9%. This is the #297 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Bloomsburg regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Bloomsburg majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Allied Health Professions	2%
Computer & Information Sciences	2%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	5%
Teacher Education Grade Specific	12%
Visual & Performing Arts	21%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Bloomsburg ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Bloomsburg.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Design & Applied Arts	#4
Visual & Performing Arts	#7
Allied Health Professions	#16
Computer Information Systems	#16
Instructional Media Design	#25
Computer & Information Sciences	#28
Teacher Education Grade Specific	#44
Nursing	#62
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	#64
Education	#118
Health Professions	#188

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%.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	0	323	0	35	0	358
Nursing	0	91	0	29	1	121
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	100	0	0	0	100
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	89	0	4	0	93
Public Relations & Advertising	0	87	0	0	0	87
Communication Sciences	0	47	0	22	13	82
General Psychology	0	77	0	0	0	77
Health & Physical Education	0	47	0	11	0	58
Accounting	0	43	0	12	0	55
Communication & Media Studies	0	55	0	0	0	55
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	53	0	0	0	53
Social Work	0	53	0	0	0	53
Special Education	0	44	0	5	0	49
General Biology	0	45	0	3	0	48
Allied Health Professions	0	39	4	5	0	48
Instructional Media Design	0	0	16	29	0	45
Educational Administration	0	0	0	43	0	43
Health/Medical Prep Programs	3	40	0	0	0	43
Information Technology	0	38	0	0	0	38
General English Literature	0	37	0	0	0	37
History	0	33	0	0	0	33
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	28	0	0	0	28
Fine & Studio Arts	0	25	0	0	0	25
Political Science & Government	0	24	0	0	0	24
Anthropology	0	20	0	0	0	20
Computer Science	0	19	0	0	0	19
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	0	18	0	18
Mathematics	0	17	0	0	0	17
American Sign Language	0	16	0	0	0	16
Sociology	0	16	0	0	0	16
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	15	0	15
Interdisciplinary Studies	0	15	0	0	0	15
Other Social Sciences	0	15	0	0	0	15
Economics	0	13	0	0	0	13
International Business	0	11	0	0	0	11
General Sales & Marketing	0	9	0	0	0	9
Philosophy	0	9	0	0	0	9
Music	0	9	0	0	0	9
Drama & Theater Arts	0	8	0	0	0	8
General Business/Commerce	0	3	0	4	0	7
Electrical Engineering	0	7	0	0	0	7
Physics	0	7	0	0	0	7
Chemistry	0	6	0	0	0	6
Public Health	0	2	0	0	0	2
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	1	0	0	1
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Computer Information Systems	0	0	0	0	0	0
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	0	0	0
Writing Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Area Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic Languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romance Languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	3	1,620	21	235	14	1,893

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.