SoutheastTownPrivate4-yearPublic & Administration & Social & Service

Bluefield University

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Bluefield, VA694 students
Acceptance Rate
59%
moderate
Median SAT
1,216
Net Price After Aid
$22.2k
Sticker $29.7k
Graduation Rate
27%
6-year, full-time

Bluefield University is a private institution in Bluefield, VA with an acceptance rate of 59% and 694 students. The average net price after financial aid is $22,191 per year.

About Bluefield University

A private 4-year town university in Bluefield, VA.

Bluefield University campus
Campus · Bluefield

Bluefield University is a college in Bluefield, VA. It enrolls roughly 694 students. The most recent acceptance rate is 59%.

SoutheastTownPrivate4-yearPublic & Administration & Social & Service
Acceptance Rate
59%
Moderate
Total Enrollment
694
Small
Retention
49%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
27%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

What admitted students look like here. Sign in to see how your own profile compares.

Acceptance Rate
59%
59 of every 100 applicants admitted
Your Chances
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Admitted Student GPA
2.54
Average across admitted students

Selective — strong academics get you in the conversation.

What strengthens an application here

  1. A GPA near 2.54 or higher
    This is the average across admitted students.
  2. Depth in one or two activities
    Sustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.

Your chances estimate is based on your academic profile and activities — it is a guide, not a guarantee of admission. Decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Bluefield University. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Admitted student profile

Range shown is the middle 50%.

SAT
composite, 1600 scale
1,216
average
ACT
composite, 36 scale
1521
18
average
GPA
weighted, 4.5 max
2.54
average

This school doesn't require test scores, so these ranges reflect only students who chose to submit — applicants who submit tend to have higher scores. The real admitted range likely runs lower. Don't rule yourself out on scores alone.

Application requirements

  • Test-optional

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Bluefield University after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
—
Tuition $29,696
Average net price after aid
$22,191
After grants and scholarships

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$22,017
$30,001 – $48,000
$22,146
$48,001 – $75,000
$20,952
$75,001 – $110,000
N/A
$110,001 +
$23,958

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
51%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
71%
Avg loan $13,000 / year
Avg Grant Aid
—
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Bluefield University concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
15:1
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Public & Administration & Social & Service
16% of degrees awarded
Retention
49%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Bluefield University. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White29%
  • Asian17%
  • Hispanic28%
  • Black10%
  • Two or more races9%
  • International6%

Gender

  • Female44%
  • Male56%
International
12%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
—
Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
694

Outcomes after graduation

What Bluefield University graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$48.9k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
—
Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
—
Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
27%
6-year, full-time

Is it worth it?

Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.

Median earnings
$48.9k
10 yrs after entry
Typical debt
$13.0k
median, borrowers only
Avg. net price
$22.2k/yr
after aid
  • These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
  • Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
  • Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
  • Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.

What this means

$49k is below the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 27% graduation rate is below the national average.

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