by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Blue Mountain Community College was awarded 14 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
BMCC landed the #1,665 spot in College Factual's 2023 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,241 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when BMCC held the #1,973 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 31 colleges in Oregon, BMCC is ranked at #24.
See all of the rankings for Blue Mountain Community College.
Blue Mountain Community College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
Learn more about Blue Mountain Community College admissions.
With a student to faculty ratio of 15 to 1, Blue Mountain Community College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
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 Blue Mountain Community College is 44%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 42% rate at Blue Mountain Community College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Blue Mountain Community College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,292 undergraduates at BMCC with 614 being full-time and 678 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,172 | $10,698 | $12,279 | $13,089 | $15,765 |
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 BMCC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 BMCC, approximately 10% of students took out student loans averaging $4,478 a year. That adds up to $17,912 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at BMCC is 7.3%. 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 BMCC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2411 Nw Carden Ave, Pendleton, OR 97801 |
| Phone: | 541-276-1260 |
| Website: | https://www.bluecc.edu/ |
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 2019-2020, 946 students took at least one online class at Blue Mountain Community College. This is an increase from the 802 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 | 946 | 411 |
| 2018-2019 | 802 | 293 |
| 2017-2018 | 848 | 297 |
| 2016-2017 | 735 | 241 |
| 2015-2016 | 732 | 278 |
Learn more about online learning at Blue Mountain Community College.
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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