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Blue Ridge Community College

Weyers Cave, Virginia Public 2-year Rural area

Overview

Located in Weyers Cave, Virginia, Blue Ridge Community College is a public two-year institution. Its campus is in a rural area. It enrolled 3,790 students in fall 2024. It is part of Virginia Community College System.

Blue Ridge Community College offers certificates and associate degrees across 42 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant, and Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other. It awarded 1,222 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 10 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 65% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 21 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
3,790
Students enrolled
65%
First-year retention
1,222
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
42
Programs and majors
21:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 42

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 4
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 2
Health Professions 7
Engineering Technologies 7
Business, Management and Marketing 5
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 3
Computer and Information Sciences 2
Construction Trades 2
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 1
Social Sciences 1
Visual and Performing Arts 2
Education 1
Engineering 1
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 1
Military Technologies 1

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
65%
First-year retention, part-time students
47%
Student-to-faculty ratio
21:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Associate degrees
516
Certificates under 1 year
495
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
211

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
3,790
Undergraduates, fall 2024
3,790
Full-time, fall 2024
27%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
5,250
Full-time, 2024-25
23%
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
65%
Hispanic or Latino
15%
Black or African American
6%
Asian
3%
Two or more races
4%
International (U.S. nonresident)
2%
Race or ethnicity unknown
4%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
10
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
38%
Students taking some online courses
37%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Part of
Virginia Community College System
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
President
John A. Downey
Services and opportunities
ROTC, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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