Blackburn College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Diverse Fields

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Bachelor's degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Blackburn College Academics

Blackburn College is unique in its study options. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Learning Center, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. Specifically, the university has a Accelerated Program, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, Independent Study, Internships, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification and Washington Semester. Besides, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Minority Student Services, Personal Counseling and Placement Service can help.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Blackburn College.

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business Administration/Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing Management

Communications & Journalism:

Communications/Rhetoric

Education:

Art Teacher Education, Biology Teacher Education, Education – General, Elementary Education, English Teacher Education, History Teacher Education, Mathematics Education, Physical Education, Science Teacher Education, Secondary Education, Social Science Teacher Education, Social Studies Teacher Education, multiple levels

Foreign Language and Literature:

Spanish

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Fine/Studio Arts, Music – General, Music – General Performance

Public Administration and Service:

Public Administration, Public Services

Popular majors:

twenty-five percent education, fifteen percent business per marketing, nine percent biology, six percent communications per journalism, six percent computer and information sciences, six percent psychology

English Language and Literature:

English, English Literature (British)

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry

History:

History – General

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technology, Predentistry, Premedicine, Preveterinary Medicine

Computer Science:

Computer Programming – General, Computer/Information Sciences – General

Social Sciences:

Criminology, Political Science/Government

Security and Protective Services:

Criminal Justice Studies

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of June.

Blackburn College Admissions

This school did not report their application fee. Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 62% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 64%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. For instance, there were one hundred and sixty-five total number of transfer students who applied and eighty-one total number of transfer students who were admitted.

Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. The regular application due date was not reported. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of April. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 31st of July and For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of June.

Blackburn College Financial Aid

If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics and State/District Residency. In the same way, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Leadership and State/District Residency. Financial aid distribution is at sixty-one percent scholarships per grants and thirty-nine percent loans per jobs. Financial aid forms are FAFSA. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school.

Blackburn College Students

The school’s size is approximately five hundred and ninety-eight degree-seeking undergrads and one hundred and eighty-six first-time degree-seeking freshmen. Moreover, it is part of an Rural setting, Small town (2,500 – 9,999) and Residential campus. Again, the student body consists of eighty-eight percent in-state students, twelve percent out-of-state students, two percent part-time students, fifty-one percent women, forty-nine percent men, one percent american indian per alaskan native, two percent asian per pacific islander, five percent black per non-hispanic, two percent hispanic, eighty-five percent white per non-hispanic, six percent race per ethnicity unreported, seventeen percent in top 10th of graduating class, forty-four percent in top quarter of graduating class, eighty percent in top half of graduating class, eighteen percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, seventeen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, fifteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, fifteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, twenty-three percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99 and twelve percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49. The university is a Private, Liberal Arts College, Four-year, Presbyterian Church (USA), Coed, where 62 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. Blackburn College offers Bachelor’s degrees.

This school features the Rural setting, Small town (2,500 – 9,999) and Residential campus. Definitely, the school is located 40 miles from Springfield, 60 miles from St. Louis.Students should note the housing policies: Guaranteed On-Campus Housing For All Undergraduates, eighty-two percent of first-year students live in college housing, seventy-two percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Men’s Housing, Women’s Housing, Wellness housing (alcohol/drug/smoke-free), thirty-one-JUL deadline for housing deposit, fifty dollars amount of housing deposit, point zero , and First-time first-year students allowed to have car.

Blackburn College Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division III and Men’s Intercollegiate Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Men’s Intercollegiate Football
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Men’s Intercollegiate Golf
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Racquetball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Softball
• Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Volleyball