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 255 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health & medical administrative services.
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Blue Ridge Community and Technical College landed the #1,423 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 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 #1,708 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College also holds the #7 spot on the Best Colleges in West Virginia ranking.
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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 14 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 43%. 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 58%, 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,322 | $551 | $6,688 | $8,308 | $8,492 |
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 26% of students took out student loans averaging $4,112 a year. That adds up to $16,448 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is 10.7%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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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/ |
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 2020-2021, 1,501 students took at least one online class at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College. This is a decrease from the 1,843 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,501 | 865 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,843 | 1,231 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,130 | 239 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,068 | 247 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,193 | 335 |
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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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