| Location: | Southeast |
| Setting: | Rural Setting |
| Type: | Private |
| Affiliation: | Southern Baptist |
| Size: | Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad) |
Blue Mountain College (BMC) is a private liberal arts college, supported by the Mississippi Baptist Convention, located in the northeastern Mississippi town of Blue Mountain. In 2005, the College's Board of Trustees voted unanimously for the college to go fully co-educational.
The college was founded in 1873 by Confederate General Mark P. Lowrey, a pastor, as a women's college. Blue Mountain Female Institute, as it was called at first, started with 50 students with Mr. Lowrey and his two daughters serving as the faculty.
In 1877, the college was officially chartered by the State of Mississippi. Lowrey, his sons W. T. and B. G., and grandson Lawrence Lowrey all served as the first four presidents. A longtime professor of the school, Dr. Wilfred Tyler, became the first non-Lowrey family president in 1960, followed by Dr. E. Harold Fisher in 1965. Since 2001, Dr. Bettye Rogers Coward has headed the college.
Originally an independently-owned institution, the college was turned over to the Mississippi Baptist Convention in 1920 by the Lowrey Family. It remained focused on women's education until 1956 when a program to train men for church-related vocations was started.
In October of 2005, the college's Board of Trustees voted to make the school co-educational.
Enrollment for the 2005-2006 year was 424. Twenty-five percent of the students were male and 75 percent of the students commute to campus each day.
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| Percent of Students International: | 0% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 74% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 7,440 | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 6,900 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 540 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 1,651 | 48% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 400 | 43% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 1,675 | 85% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 1,572 | 67% | |
Any Aid: |
98% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 100% (Open Admissions) |
| Application Fee: | $ 10.00 |
