13 Facts About Bluffton University

Bluffton University is a private Mennonite university in Bluffton, Ohio.

Bluffton University was founded in 1899 as Central Mennonite College but in its early years functioned as an academy and junior college.

Since 1924, Bluffton University had had just two residence halls, Ropp Hall for women and Lincoln Hall for men.

Enrollment at Bluffton was below 600 for most of the 1980s, but the college experienced another era of growth and expansion in the 1990s under presidents Elmer Neufeld and Lee F Snyder, the first female president at Bluffton or any other Mennonite college.

In 1995, Bluffton University began a masters program in education, the first of its graduate programs.

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Bluffton University was founded as Central Mennonite College by the General Conference Mennonite Church and became affiliated with Mennonite Church USA when it was created in 2002 by a merger between the GCMC and the Mennonite Church.

Bluffton University offers academic study in more than 85 majors, minors and interdisciplinary programs; adult bachelor's degree-completion program in business management, accounting and RN to BSN; and master's degrees in organizational management, business administration with available concentrations in health care management and accounting and financial management.

Bluffton University holds a certificate of authorization from the Ohio Board of Regents to confer the degrees of bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, master of arts in education, master of arts in organizational management, and master of business administration.

Bluffton University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission, a member of the North Central Association, and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.

Residential in nature, the Bluffton University campus is situated on 234 wooded acres in the northwest Ohio village of Bluffton.

Bluffton University offers dining, shopping, a hospital, movie theatre, bowling, golf, an airport, and more.

Bluffton University is a member of NCAA Division III and the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Bluffton University mascots are a male and female beaver named J Denny and Jenny Beaver.