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Blue Cliff College-Alexandria

Alexandria, Louisiana Private for-profit Less than 2-year Small city

Overview

Located in Alexandria, Louisiana, Blue Cliff College-Alexandria is a private for-profit career and technical school. Its campus is in a small city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 345 students. It is part of Education Management Inc..

Blue Cliff College-Alexandria offers certificates and associate degrees across 7 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Aesthetician/Esthetician and Skin Care Specialist, Cosmetology, and Medical/Clinical Assistant. It awarded 280 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 3 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 24% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 30 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
345
Students enrolled
24%
First-year retention
280
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
7
Programs and majors
30:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 7

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 2
Health Professions 5

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
24%
Student-to-faculty ratio
30:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
36
Certificates under 1 year
90
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
154

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
345
Undergraduates, fall 2024
345
Full-time, fall 2024
100%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
721
Full-time, 2024-25
100%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
95%
Men
5%
White
27%
Hispanic or Latino
2%
Black or African American
68%
Race or ethnicity unknown
2%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
3
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
57%
Students taking some online courses
14%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Continuous
Part of
Education Management Inc.
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Campus Director
Stacey Bowie
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Job placement for graduates

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