by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College was awarded 17 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College landed the #1,140 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Blue Ridge Community and Technical College held the #1,423 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 25 colleges in West Virginia, Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is ranked at #5.
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As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Blue Ridge Community and Technical College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
The student to faculty ratio at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is about average at 13 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.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is 50%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Blue Ridge Community and Technical College this rate is 61%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,912 undergraduates at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College with 920 being full-time and 2,992 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,063 | $790 | $5,833 | $8,259 | $8,187 |
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 Blue Ridge Community and Technical College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Blue Ridge Community and Technical College, approximately 27% of students took out student loans averaging $4,499 a year. That adds up to $17,996 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Blue Ridge Community and Technical College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 13650 Apple Harvest Drive, Martinsburg, WV 25403 |
| Phone: | 304-260-4380 |
| Website: | https://www.blueridgectc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 223 | NA |
| Information Technology | 53 | NA |
| Accounting | 43 | NA |
| Nursing | 39 | NA |
| Business Support & Assistant Services | 31 | NA |
| Culinary Arts | 27 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 23 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 23 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 18 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 17 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 1,543 students took at least one online class at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College. This is an increase from the 1,501 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,543 | 409 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,501 | 865 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,843 | 1,231 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,068 | 247 |
Learn more about online learning at Blue Ridge Community and Technical 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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