Bluffton University

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General Information:

Founded:
1899 by the General Conference Mennonite Church; today affiliated with Mennonite Church USA

Enrollment:
1,127 students including 766 residential students, 103 international students and American students of color and 122 students in graduate programs. Bluffton students come from 21 states and 10 countries. The average incoming student has a 3.2 high school GPA and a 22 ACT score. (in 2009-10)

Faculty:
64 full-time faculty, 49 part time adjunct faculty. Approximately 2/3 of the full-time teaching faculty have earned a doctorate or appropriate terminal degree.

Academics:
Bluffton offers academic study in 36 majors and more than 20 minors, adult bachelor's degree-completion programs in human resource management and organizational management and master's degrees in education, organizational management and business administration.
list of academic programs

Financial aid:
More than 95 percent of students at Bluffton receive some form of financial aid.

Tuition and fees:
Undergraduate tuition and fees, room and board for 2009-10: $32,014. If you are serious about attending Bluffton —where discovery, community, respect and service come together to form a truly unique educational experience—we have financial aid programs in place to make sure that Bluffton University is affordable for you.

National recognitions:

•2010 U.S. News and World Reports' America's Best Colleges, top tier of Best Baccalaureate Colleges in the Midwest
•Barron's Best Buys in College Education, current edition
•John Templeton Foundation Honor Roll for Character-Building Colleges, current edition

Situated on the banks of Little Riley Creek in Bluffton, a small town in northwest Ohio, Bluffton University was founded in 1899 as Central Mennonite College. As the cornerstone was laid for the school's first building, Noah C. Hirschy, Bluffton's first president, concluded his remarks with an idea that has proved as durable as the structure itself: "Let us expect great things." We have, and we continue to do so.

While Bluffton is affiliated with Mennonite Church USA, its students, faculty, staff and alumni are not necessarily Mennonite. Elmer Neufeld, the university's seventh president observed "Bluffton should not be seen as somehow less than Mennonite for its diversity, but rather more than Mennonite, with a stronger Christian peace church witness growing out of this experience."

Today, Bluffton continues to be committed to passing along our core values - discovery, community, respect and service - to each new generation of students.

Our mission
"Shaped by the historic peace church tradition and nourished by a desire for excellence in all phases of its programs, Bluffton University seeks to prepare students of all backgrounds for life as well as vocation, for responsible citizenship, for service to all peoples and, ultimately, for the purposes of God's universal kingdom."

Mennonites believe, with their Christian brothers and sisters, in the great affirmations of faith: God becoming human, the lordship of Christ, the power of the Gospel, the work of the Holy Spirit and the authority of the scriptures.

In the Mennonite heritage, these beliefs have led to distinctive emphases; faith is voluntary; Christians are called to a life of love, reconciliation and peacemaking; injustice is to be overcome with good; happiness is more than material well-being; moral authority is more than political power; life is to be lived simply; all of nature is a gift of God to be cherished with a sense of gratitude and stewardship; and loving, sacrificial service is the highest expression of faithfulness to Christ.

For more information about Mennonites, visit ThirdWayCafe.com

The Bluffton University Institutional Research Office is located in Riley Court. For additional information, please contact:

Dr. Eric Fulcomer, vice president for enrollment management and student life
419-358-3248
419-358-3248 or fulcomere@bluffton.edu

2009-10

Total headcount enrollment 1,127

Undergraduate FTE (full-time equivalent):958

Graduate FTE:113

Full-time, traditional enrollment: 830

Residential students: 766

First-year class: 257

Entering first-year student average GPA: 3.2

Entering first-year student average ACT: 22

Students in top 10% of high school class:14%

Students in top 25% of high school class: 33%

First to second year retention rate 75%

Graduation rate (6 year):64%

Full-time faculty (with terminal degree): 62 (45)

Student/faculty ratio: 13:1

Tuition: $23,594

Room, board and fees: $8,620

Endowment market value: $14,500,000