Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Teaching Programs

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is a public institution located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The city atmosphere of Bloomsburg makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Bloomsburg has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#70	Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Bloomsburg.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#31	Most Popular Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania?

Contact details for Bloomsburg are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	400 E Second St, Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Phone:	570-389-4000
Website:	www.bloomu.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/bloomuniversity?v=wall
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/BloomsburgU

How Do I Get Into Bloomsburg?

You can apply to Bloomsburg online at: www.bloomu.edu/admissions/

Admission Requirements for Bloomsburg

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	recommended
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Bloomsburg?

With an acceptance rate of 89%, Bloomsburg is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 87%.

Can I Afford Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania?

The overall average net price of Bloomsburg is $30,844. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Bloomsburg, approximately 79% of students took out student loans averaging $9,240 a year. That adds up to $36,960 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Bloomsburg is 5.6%. 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.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,731 undergraduate students at Bloomsburg, with 6,939 being full-time and 792 being part-time.

There are also 696 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,939 full-time undergraduates at Bloomsburg, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	85
Black or African American	462
Hispanic or Latino	522
White	5,322
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	524

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. At this time, 15 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 26 countries are represented at Bloomsburg. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Brazil, China, and Spain.

Online Learning at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

In 2019-2020, 8,153 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 18th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Bloomsburg

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania was 185.9%. This is the #192 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Bloomsburg regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Bloomsburg 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 Bloomsburg.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Instructional Media Design	#25
Educational/Instructional Technology	#25
Teacher Education Grade Specific	#44

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%.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Teaching Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Special Education	52	0	16	68
Early Childhood Education	61	0	4	65
Educational/Instructional Technology	0	12	32	44
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	0	37	37
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	19	19
Reading Teacher Education	0	0	13	13
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching	13	0	0	13
Education of the Deaf	0	0	0	0
Teacher Development & Methodology	0	0	0	0
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	126	12	121	259

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.