Description
Our Mission…enriching the lives of those within our reach through education, training, and cultural activities.Blue Ridge Community College is a great place to get your degree, earn credits that transfer to a four-year university, enhance your career, or just learn something new. Here, quality education is affordable and accessible to everyone.
Within 30 different areas of study, Blue Ridge offers more than 100 degree, diploma, and certificate programs. Many of these Programs of Study can prepare you to step directly into the workplace upon completion. Whatever your educational plans, we offer the unique opportunity for you to experience both cutting-edge technology and academically-competitive college coursework.
At the heart of Blue Ridge Community College is a dedicated and highly qualified faculty and support staff who work hard to make your learning experiences here challenging and rewarding. We are here to support you in attaining your educational goals. Whether your goal is a technical skill in which you wish to be certified, preparation for further study in a four-year institution, qualifications for a technical career achieved through an associate degree, pursuit of a technical interest or mastery of literacy and basic education, we want to provide instruction at convenient times and manageable costs.
Blue Ridge Community College's Flat Rock campus is situated on 140 acres three miles south of Hendersonville, the county seat of Henderson County, NC. The Flat Rock campus is a twelve-building complex that includes more than 350,000 square feet of floor space, divided into classrooms, shop and labs, a library, a learning center, office space, and a student activities facility. At the center of the campus is a tree-lined lake.
Campus facilities include a comprehensive library, a state-of-the-art environmental and safety training center, a 450-seat performing auditorium, a 1,000-seat conference hall, television recording studio, a lecture center, a technology training center, and a two-way interactive distance learning center. The new Technology Education and Development Center, which opened in 2008, includes a virtual training center and nine state-of-the-art computer labs.
Quick Facts
Location
Southeast
Setting
Small Town Setting
Type
Public
Size
Medium (2,000 to 5,000 Undergrad)
Website
On-Campus Housing Available
No
In-State Tuition
$1,695
Out-of-State Tuition
$7,817
Selectivity
Open Admissions
Enrollment
1,925
Students
- Total Students
- 1,925
Full-Time vs. Part-time Students
- Full-Time
- 52%
- Part-Time
- 48%
Students Coming From In-State vs. Out-of-State
- In-State
- 98%
- Out-of-State
- 2%
Ethnic Diversity
- African-American
- 4%
- Caucasian
- 87%
- Latino
- 5%
- Other
- 4%
Students State Origin
- North Carolina
- 98%
- Other
- 2%
International Students
- International
- 0%
- Domestic
- 100%