Quick Facts

Blue Mountain College QUICK FACTS
HISTORY	Blue Mountain College was founded in 1873 by Mark Perrin Lowrey.
LOCATION	BMC is located in the rolling hills of North Mississippi in the town of Blue Mountain, which derives its name from the "bluish" tint of the hills.
CAMPUS	The campus consists of 44 acres and 14 main campus buildings.
ENROLLMENT	Enrollment for the Fall 2008 year was 469. Twenty-five percent of the students were male and 75 percent of the students commute to campus each day.
FACULTY/STUDENT RATIO	14:1
GRADUATE DEGREE	In 2007, BMC began offering the Master's Degree in Elementary Education. The first master's degrees were awarded in May 2008.
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE	14
RESIDENCE LIFE	There are three residence halls. Two women's residences: Whitfield and Stevens. One men's residence: Cockroft. All three have been completely renovated in the last five years.
ACTIVITIES/CLUBS	BMC offers a strong tradition of student-led organizations and activities. The Office of Student Activities serves to coordinate the many organizations and activities that take place daily on the campus.
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETIES	BMC offers six national honor societies: Theta Alpha Kappa (Religious Studies and Theology), Kappa Delta Pi (Education), Sigma Tau Delta (English), Beta Beta Beta (Biology), Pi Gamma Mu (Social Science), and Kappa Delta Pi (Education).
ATHLETICS	BMC is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the TranSouth Athletic Association. The athletic programs include men's and women's basketball, women's and men's cross country. The women's athletic program has been recognized as Champions of Character by the NAIA for the last eight years. Coming in 2010: Baseball and Fast Pitch Softball and Golf for men and women.
ACCREDITATION	Accreditation statement
NON-DISCRIMINATION	Blue Mountain College adheres to the Equal Opportunities provision of the Federal Civil Rights Law and regulations applicable to this institution. The College does not illegally discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, disability, or military service in the administraion of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loans programs, and athletic and other college-administrative programs or in employment.
NATIONAL RECOGNITION	BMC was ranking 27th by the U.S. News and World Report in 2009-2010 as one of the best Comprehensive Colleges in the south - Bachelor's. These institutions focus on undergraduate education and offer a range of degree programs - in the liberal arts - which account for fewer than half of their bachelor's degrees, and in professional fields such as business, nursing, and education.