Bluefield College Overview

Located in Bluefield, Virginia, Bluefield College is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of Bluefield College is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

What Is Bluefield College Known For?

• The 3% student loan default rate at Bluefield College 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 Bluefield College is the master's degree.
• In <nil>, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Bluefield College with a bachelor's degree make about $45,094 a year. That's 11% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• The average Bluefield College student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Bluefield College?

Contact details for Bluefield College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3000 College Avenue, Bluefield, VA 24605
Phone:	276-326-3682
Website:	www.bluefield.edu

How Do I Get Into Bluefield College?

You can apply to Bluefield College online at: www.bluefield.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Bluefield College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Bluefield College?

Bluefield College has an acceptance rate of 72%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 59% of accepted students are men and 41% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 75%, and the acceptance rate for women is 68%.

Can I Afford Bluefield College?

The overall average net price of Bluefield College is $29,132. 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

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 Bluefield College, approximately 75% of students took out student loans averaging $5,881 a year. That adds up to $23,524 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Bluefield College is 3.4%. 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.

Bluefield College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 718 undergraduate students at Bluefield College, with 632 being full-time and 86 being part-time.

There are also 230 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 632 full-time undergraduates at Bluefield College, 53% are male and 47% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1
Black or African American	114
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	384
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	96

Geographic Diversity

Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at Bluefield College. At this time, 15 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 27 countries are represented at Bluefield College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Brazil, and Germany.

Online Learning at Bluefield College

In 2020-2021, 680 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 32nd most popular in Virginia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Bluefield College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Bluefield College was 6.7%. This is the #1,499 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Bluefield 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.