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Big Bend Community College Data & Information Overview

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This overview covers the essential stats on Big Bend Community College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Big Bend Community College Ranked?

#1,921 Best Colleges in Nation
#44 Best Colleges in WA
Nursing Highest Ranked Major

2025 Rankings

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Overall Quality

Big Bend Community College landed the #1,921 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,198 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.

Big Bend Community College also holds the #44 spot on the Best Colleges in Washington ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Big Bend Community College?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

Since Big Bend Community College has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.

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Big Bend Community College Faculty

15 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Big Bend Community College, this ratio is 15 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Big Bend Community College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Big Bend Community College

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Big Bend Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,359 Full-Time Undergraduates
48.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
57.1% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,892 undergraduates at Big Bend Community College with 1,359 being full-time and 533 being part-time.

How Much Does Big Bend Community College Cost?

$7,460 Net Price
8% Take Out Loans
$23,772 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Big Bend Community College is $7,460. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Big Bend Community College

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$6,218 $6,329 $9,240 $13,317 $14,934

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Big Bend Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

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 Big Bend Community College, approximately 8% of students took out student loans averaging $5,943 a year. That adds up to $23,772 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Big Bend Community College Graduates Make?

$43,814 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Big Bend Community College with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $43,814 in their early years. That's great news for Big Bend Community College students since it is 43,814% more than the average college graduate's salary of $0 per year.

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Location of Big Bend Community College

Washington State
1,359 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Big Bend Community College is a public institution situated in Moses Lake, Washington. Moses Lake is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

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Contact details for Big Bend Community College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 7662 Chanute St Ne, Moses Lake, WA 98837-3299
Phone: 509-793-2222
Website: https://www.bigbend.edu/

Big Bend Community College Majors

26 Majors With Completions
1,260 Undergraduate Degrees
1,260 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 26 majors graduated from Big Bend Community College. Of these students, 1,260 received undergraduate degrees and 1,260 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies 321 NA
Teacher Education Grade Specific 108 NA
Ground Transportation 30 NA
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 28 NA
Air Transportation 27 NA
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 21 NA
Computer Systems Networking 18 NA
General Business/Commerce 15 NA
Nursing 14 NA
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 9 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Big Bend Community College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Big Bend Community College

71% Take At Least One Class Online
38% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2022-2023, 1,241 students took at least one online class at Big Bend Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,312 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2022-2023 1,241 654
2021-2022 1,312 517
2020-2021 1,607 954
2018-2019 717 217

Learn more about online learning at Big Bend Community College.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*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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