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Blue Mountain College Overview

Blue Mountain College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Blue Mountain, Mississippi. The rural area surrounding Blue Mountain College is great for students who love a peaceful atmosphere.

What Is Blue Mountain College Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$18,716 Avg Cost After Aid
99% Acceptance Rate
  • Students at Blue Mountain College have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 5%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
  • The master's degree is the highest award offered at Blue Mountain College.
  • In <nil>, 78% of the faculty were full-time.
  • On average, it takes about 4.2 years for students from Blue Mountain College to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Blue Mountain College?

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Contact details for Blue Mountain College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 201 W Main St, Blue Mountain, MS 38610
Phone: 662-685-4771
Website: www.bmc.edu

How Do I Get Into Blue Mountain College?

You can apply to Blue Mountain College online at: https://bmc.edu/apply-online

Admission Requirements for Blue Mountain College

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Required
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Considered but not required
Recommendations Considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores Required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Blue Mountain College?

99% Acceptance Rate
54% Of Accepted Are Women
9% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 99%, Blue Mountain College is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 46% of accepted students are men and 54% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 99%, and the acceptance rate for women is 99%.

Average Test Scores

About 9% of students accepted to Blue Mountain College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 550. Math scores were between 520 and 610.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Blue Mountain College  ( 520 to 550 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Blue Mountain College  ( 520 to 610 )
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800
Blue Mountain College received ACT scores from 90% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 23. Composite scores were between 18 and 23.

ACT English Scores for Blue Mountain College  ( 17 to 24 )
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ACT Math Scores for Blue Mountain College  ( 17 to 23 )
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ACT Composite Scores for Blue Mountain College  ( 18 to 23 )
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36

Can I Afford Blue Mountain College?

$18,716 Net Price
53% Take Out Loans
5.0% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Blue Mountain College is $18,716. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Blue Mountain College, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $6,716 a year. That adds up to $26,864 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Blue Mountain College is 5.0%. 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.

Blue Mountain College Undergraduate Student Diversity

602 Full-Time Undergraduates
51% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 958 undergraduate students at Blue Mountain College, with 602 being full-time and 356 being part-time.

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There are also 31 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 602 full-time undergraduates at Blue Mountain College, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Blue Mountain College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 1
Black or African American 81
Hispanic or Latino 43
White 413
International Students 41
Other Races/Ethnicities 23

Geographic Diversity

Mississippi students aren't the only ones who study at Blue Mountain College. At this time, 6 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 14 countries are represented at Blue Mountain College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Peru, and Australia.

Online Learning at Blue Mountain College

185 Took All Classes Online
573 Took At Least One Class Online
44.1% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
There are 6 bachelor’s degree and 9 master’s degree programs available online at Blue Mountain College. In 2020-2021, 573 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 16th most popular in Mississippi for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Blue Mountain College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Blue Mountain College was 44.1%. This is the #721 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Blue Mountain College 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.

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