by our College Data Analytics Team
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Bellingham Technical College was awarded 189 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general engineering technology.
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College Factual ranked Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute as #784 out of 2,238 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute held the #1,000 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute also holds the #17 spot on the Best Colleges in Washington ranking.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Bellingham Technical College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
The student to faculty ratio at Bellingham Technical College is about average at 16 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Bellingham Technical College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,848 undergraduates at Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute with 1,127 being full-time and 721 being part-time.
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 Bellingham Vocational Technical Institute, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 8.9%. 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.
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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: | https://www.btc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 11 | NA |
| General Engineering Technology | 4 | NA |
| Accounting | 0 | NA |
| Business Support & Assistant Services | 0 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 0 | NA |
| Marketing | 0 | NA |
| Computer Science | 0 | NA |
| Computer Systems Networking | 0 | NA |
| Data Entry | 0 | NA |
| Building Management & Inspection | 0 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 1,393 students took at least one online class at Bellingham Technical College. This is an increase from the 1,326 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,393 | 897 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,326 | 1,001 |
| 2018-2019 | 783 | 262 |
| 2017-2018 | 797 | 272 |
| 2016-2017 | 893 | 302 |
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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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