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Bluefield State(Bluefield State University)

School colors: Blue and gold

Bluefield, West Virginia · Founded 1895 · Sir Blue

Public · Four-year · ~1,300 students

bluefieldstate.edu · official site

Founding

Bluefield State University was founded in 1895. The university describes its founding as an act of service by the people of West Virginia.

Source: Campus Traditions, Bluefield State University, read 2026-09-14.

What the school says about itself

Mascot
Sir BlueSource, read 2026-09-17.
On the record
  • The only Fulbright HBCU in West Virginia Source, read 2026-09-17.

On the official record

Campus address
219 Rock Street, Bluefield, WV 24701-2198
Control
Public
Students
~1,300 students
Directory id
237215
OPE id
00380900
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
219 Rock Street, Bluefield, WV. See it on the Ledger map.
Where this location comes fromCampus location from IPEDS 2024-25This campus location comes from the federal IPEDS 2024-25 record, used as published, so the pin on the map is the campus.IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 collection, file dated 2025-09-21, retrieved 2026-09-14: coordinate 37.265732, -81.239037 as published. The Census Bureau geocoder returned No Match for the address on file, which no longer decides placement.

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Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 provisional data collection. Unit id 237215. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/HD2024.zip. File dated 2025-09-21.
  2. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education. Higher Education Programs Eligibility Matrix, sheet 'HBCU', dated 2026-06-08. https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fy-2026-higher-education-programs-eligibility-matrix-june-8-2026-114185.xlsx.
  3. Campus Traditions, Bluefield State University. https://bluefieldstate.edu/about/campus-traditions/. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Campus Traditions, Bluefield State University. https://bluefieldstate.edu/about/campus-traditions/. Read 2026-09-17.
  5. Students: 1,270 total, Fall 2023 (1,249 undergraduate, 21 graduate). IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2023, derived variables (DRVEF2023). https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/DRVEF2023.zip. File dated 2024-09-30, read 2026-09-17.
  6. Home, Bluefield State University. https://bluefieldstate.edu/. Read 2026-09-17.
  7. School colors: Blue and gold. Values as stated. Bluefield State University, Wikipedia (revision 1371635154). Read 2026-09-16.
  8. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

Enrollment is the official 2023 count, rounded. Tap a school for its source.

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