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)

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%