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Blue Mountain Community College

Pendleton, Oregon Public 2-year Town

Overview

Located in Pendleton, Oregon, Blue Mountain Community College is a public two-year institution. Its campus is in a town setting. It enrolled 1,407 students in fall 2024.

Blue Mountain Community College offers certificates and associate degrees across 43 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies, and Registered Nursing. It awarded 262 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 51% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
1,407
Students enrolled
51%
First-year retention
262
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
43
Programs and majors
18:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 43

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

Liberal Arts and General Studies 2
Education 4
Health Professions 7
Business, Management and Marketing 11
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 7
Computer and Information Sciences 2
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 2
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Precision Production 1
Construction Trades 3
Engineering Technologies 2

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
51%
First-year retention, part-time students
71%
Student-to-faculty ratio
18:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Associate degrees
220
Certificates under 1 year
16
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
26

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,407
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,407
Full-time, fall 2024
41%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
3,121
Full-time, 2024-25
25%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

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

Women
61%
Men
39%
White
46%
Hispanic or Latino
29%
Black or African American
1%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
2%
American Indian or Alaska Native
3%
Race or ethnicity unknown
18%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs with a fully online option
2
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
31%
Students taking some online courses
14%

Campus and services

Setting
Town
Academic calendar
Quarter
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional
President
J. Mark Browning, Ed.D.
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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