Bluffton University Business Programs

Bluffton University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bluffton, Ohio. Bluffton is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

Where Is Bluffton University?

Contact details for Bluffton are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1 University Drive, Bluffton, OH 45817-2104
Phone:	419-358-3000
Website:	www.bluffton.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/BlufftonUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/BlufftonU

How Do I Get Into Bluffton?

You can apply to Bluffton online at: www.bluffton.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Bluffton

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Bluffton?

Bluffton has an acceptance rate of 61%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 50% of accepted students are men and 50% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 56%, and the acceptance rate for women is 66%.

Can I Afford Bluffton University?

The overall average net price of Bluffton is $30,339. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Bluffton, approximately 94% of students took out student loans averaging $7,371 a year. That adds up to $29,484 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Bluffton is 5.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Bluffton University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 691 undergraduate students at Bluffton, with 647 being full-time and 44 being part-time.

There are also 59 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 647 full-time undergraduates at Bluffton, 54% are male and 46% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Bluffton University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	3
Black or African American	82
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	465
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	56

Geographic Diversity

Ohio students aren't the only ones who study at Bluffton University. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 12 countries are represented at Bluffton. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Zimbabwe, and Albania.

Online Learning at Bluffton University

In 2019-2020, 154 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Bluffton has changed over the last few years.

Online Affordability Rankings of Bluffton

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Bluffton University was $34,502 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Bluffton is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Organizational Behavior Studies	#45	#45

Online Growth Rankings of Bluffton

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Bluffton University was 53.5%. This is the #541 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Bluffton regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Bluffton ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Bluffton.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Business Administration and Management	#300
Business Administration & Management	#402

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Bluffton University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	19	23	42
Organizational Behavior Studies	12	0	12
Accounting	6	0	6
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	5	0	5
General Economics	1	0	1
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	0	0	0
Sports Communication	0	0	0
TOTAL	43	23	66

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.