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 5 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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BMCC is ranked #1,724 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 30 colleges in Oregon, BMCC is ranked at #28.
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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.
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 Blue Mountain Community College, this ratio is 16 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 of 46% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Blue Mountain Community College. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
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 8% of students took out student loans averaging $5,338 a year. That adds up to $21,352 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 2020-2021, 887 students took at least one online class at Blue Mountain Community College. This is a decrease from the 946 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 887 | 465 |
| 2019-2020 | 946 | 411 |
| 2018-2019 | 802 | 293 |
| 2017-2018 | 848 | 297 |
| 2016-2017 | 735 | 241 |
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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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