Bluefield College

Quick Facts

Chance of Admission:
Location: Mid-Atlantic
Setting: Small Town Setting
Type: Private
Affiliation: Baptist
Size: Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)
School Description
Provided by Bluefield College

Educating promising students for a life's work. Connecting Christian principles and learning. Changing the world one graduate at a time.

Bluefield College From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Bluefield College is a small Christian liberal arts college in Bluefield, Virginia, in Tazewell County, Virginia. It offers 22 majors, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The 82 acre campus is about 150 ft from the state line between Virginia and West Virginia.

History

Bluefield College was founded in 1922 by the Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV), after residents of Bluefield offered to donate land and start-up funds. R.A. Landsdell became the first president in 1920, and the current administration building is named Landsdell Hall in his honor. At its founding, Bluefield was a two-year junior college. Future Nobel Prize winner John F. Nash took mathematics courses at the relatively new college while in high school. In his autobiography for the Nobel Foundation, he writes

I should mention that during my last year in the Bluefield schools that my parents had arranged for me to take supplementary math. courses at Bluefield College, which was then a 2-year institution operated by Southern Baptists. I didn't get official advanced standing at Carnegie because of my extra studies but I had advanced knowledge and ability and didn't need to learn much from the first math. courses at Carnegie.

Under Charles L. Harman, president from 1946-1971, the college built Easley Library, the dormitory Rish Hall, Harman Chapel, and a geodesic dome as the gymnasium.

In 1975, Bluefield reinvented itself as a four-year college, and during the 1989-1996 presidency of Roy A. Dobyns, student enrollment doubled to more than 800 students. In 1998, under the leadership of President Daniel G. MacMillan, the college cut tuition by over 20% and refocused its student recruitment on the local area.

In 2007, the current president, David W. Olive, was inaugurated. Shortly thereafter, the college raised tuition by about 20%, and announced a new strategic plan.

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Students & Campus Life
Undergraduate Enrollment: 731
On Campus Housing: Available
Full Time Students: 94%
Athletic Programs: Available
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Expenses
Average Tuition: $ 10,860
Students Receiving Aid: 100%
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Admissions
Application Fee: $ 30
Selectivity: Highly Selective
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Students

General
Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 94%
Part-Time 6%
Men vs. Women
Women 63%
Men 37%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 82%
African-American 16%
Other 2%
Hispanic 0%
Asian 0%
Geography
In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 66%
Out-of-State 34%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Virginia 66%
West Virginia 10%
Florida 8%
North Carolina 2%
South Carolina 1%
Percent of Students International: 0%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: Yes
Percent of Students Living On-Campus: 33%
Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: No

Athletics

Member of: NAA, NAIA
Sports Include: Basketball (Appalachian Athletic Conference)
Baseball (Appalachian Athletic Conference)
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) Expenses  
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 10,860    
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 570    
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 2,897 55%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 2,100 71%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 3,422 100%  
Student Loans:
$ 3,985 66%  
Any Aid:
  100%  

Selectivity (Undergraduate Only)

Acceptance Rate: 57% (Highly Selective)
Test Scores  
SAT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting SAT Scores: 78%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Verbal: 430, Math: 420
Top 75th Percentile: Verbal: 520, Math: 510
ACT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting ACT Scores: 22%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Composite: 16, Verbal: 16, Math: 16
Top 75th Percentile: Composite: 21, Verbal: 21, Math: 20

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

Application Fee: $ 30.00
Formal Demonstration of Competencies: Not Required
High School Diploma or Equivalent: Not Required
High School GPA: Required
High School Rank: Required
High School Record: Required
Recommendations: Not Required
TOEFL: Required
Test Scores: Required

Degree Programs at Bluefield College

Bachelor's Level Majors