Virginia students paid $26,060 to attend the four-year private not-for-profit institution this year – $1,260 more than the $24,800 charged for 2017-18.
Data shows 100 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 208 students received grants or scholarships totaling $3.1 million and 171 students took out student loans totaling more than $1.1 million.
Including all undergraduates (1,156), 848 students used grants or scholarships totaling $10.9 million, and 680 students took out $4.9 million in federal student loans.
The cost of attending
Enrollment | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19 | |
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In-state | ~659 | $23,296 | $24,380 | $24,800 | $26,060 | 11.9% |
Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at Bluefield College in 2015-16.Type of Aid | Number of students receiving aid | Percent receiving aid | Total amount of aid received | Average amount of aid per student |
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Federal grants | 127 | 61% | $604,507 | $4,760 |
State / local grant or scholarship | 132 | 63% | $386,847 | $2,931 |
Institutional grants or scholarships | 192 | 92% | $2,126,341 | $11,075 |
Grant or scholarship aid total | 208 | 100% | $3,117,695 | $14,989 |
Federal student loans | 171 | 82% | $978,465 | $5,722 |
Other student loans | 13 | 6% | $149,951 | $11,535 |
Student loan aid | 171 | 82% | $1,128,416 | $6,599 |
Total student aid | 208 | 100% | - | - |