Blue Mountain Community College is a
community college
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located in
Pendleton,
Oregon
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,
United States
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, and serves
Umatilla and
Morrow
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Places in the United States and Canada United States
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*Morrow, Georgia
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counties as well as most of
Baker County. It was established in 1962 and currently offers Associate of Arts degrees, Associate of Science degrees, Associate of Applied Science degrees, Certificates, and transfer degrees to four-year colleges.
Locations
Blue Mountain Community College's main branch is located in Pendleton, Oregon. Other branches are located in
Milton-Freewater,
Hermiston,
Baker City
Baker City is a city in and the county seat of Baker County, Oregon, United States. It was named after Edward D. Baker, the only U.S. Senator ever killed in military combat. The population was 10,099 at the time of the 2020 census.
History
Pla ...
,
John Day,
Ione,
and
Boardman.
Blue Mountain also offers a variety of
distance education
Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. Traditionally, this usually in ...
programs for those students residing in outlying areas.
Eastern Oregon University also has a Distance Education Office located at the Pendleton branch of BMCC.
Athletics
Blue Mountain Community College has athletics for both men and women organized under the office of Student & Enrollment Services. BMCC is a member of the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges and the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. BMCC offers basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball, and rodeo.
The Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges comprises 36 colleges divided into four Regions. Blue Mountain CC is in the Eastern Region along with
Big Bend CC,
Columbia Basin College
Columbia Basin College (CBC) is a public community college in Pasco, Washington. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. The college offers English as a second language and General Educational Development (GED) ...
,
CC of Spokane,
Walla Walla CC,
Wenatchee Valley College
Wenatchee Valley College (WVC) is a public community college in Wenatchee, Washington. The college provides students with adult education classes, certifications, associate degrees, and four bachelor's degrees. WVC's primary service district i ...
,
Yakima Valley CC and
Treasure Valley CC.
Blue Mountain's athletic complex was completed in 1975.
See also
*
List of Oregon community colleges
This is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Oregon. Seven public universities, overseen by the Oregon Office of University Coordination, are operated by boards appointed by the governor, and seventeen community colleges are ...
References
External links
Blue Mountain Community College
Education in Morrow County, Oregon
Pendleton, Oregon
Education in Baker County, Oregon
Community colleges in Oregon
Educational institutions established in 1962
Universities and colleges accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Education in Umatilla County, Oregon
Two-year colleges in the United States
1962 establishments in Oregon
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