About Blue Cliff College
Blue Cliff College is an accredited higher education institution devoted to offering vocational programs that allow our students to achieve their career goals. Since 1987, our commitment to educational excellence across all our programs has remained steadfast.
- Our Mission Statement
Blue Cliff College is committed to helping our students develop a high level of competency, obtained through the pursuit, assimilation, and dissemination of knowledge in our academic programs.
Our faculty and staff strive to prepare students with the ability to function proficiently in a competitive society and in the career of their choice.
Throughout every program we offer, the underlying objective is to create within each student an awareness of professional and social responsibility and an appreciation for the principles of ethical conduct.
- Our Institutional Philosophy
Our philosophy is to inspire students to strive for excellence and to achieve their maximum personal potential in their continuing education pursuits. Blue Cliff College encourages our student population to aspire to be the best they can be in their chosen academic, business, social, professional, and personal endeavors. Whatever the student’s academic interest, our focus is consistent on delivering the best education possible.
We place strong emphasis on the quality of our curriculum, maintaining a low student-to-teacher ratio, and providing practical training and real-world experience. By applying this philosophy to all that we do, we work diligently to ensure that the Blue Cliff graduate has been meticulously prepared for whatever lies ahead of them.
The History of Blue Cliff College
BCC was founded in 1987 with the goal of becoming one of the most respected Massage Therapy training centers in the nation. In June of 1989, the college received its Proprietary School License from the state of Louisiana. In 1998, the college was proud to receive accreditation from the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC), which is a recognized accrediting agency by the US Department of Education. In August 1999, Education Management, Inc. (EMI) purchased the Blue Cliff College system. Several years later Quad Partners, an educational investment group, became 49% of the owners and in April 2008 they assumed 100% ownership. On April 26, 2022, Brent L. Mills, Inc., acquired the Blue Cliff College system.
The first Blue Cliff campus location was in New Orleans, Louisiana and campuses were soon established in Lafayette and Shreveport, Louisiana, as well as in Gulfport, Mississippi. In 2000, BCC-Gulfport became an ACCSC accredited school. In December 2004, EMI acquired the Massage Therapy College of Baton Rouge (MTCBR), which became BCC-Baton Rouge and in 2005 a campus was opened in Houma, Louisiana as a branch of BCC-Metairie. Also in 2005, EMI added the White River School of Massage in Fayetteville, Arkansas (later known as BCC-Fayetteville) to its family of schools as a branch of BCC-Shreveport. In 2007 a new BCC campus was opened in Alexandria, Louisiana as a branch of BCC-Metairie. As a result of BCC’s continued success serving the various communities, satellite campuses were added in Fayetteville, Arkansas and Metairie, Louisiana.
Blue Cliff College added an online delivery method at the Alexandria campus which launched in February 2013 that offers associate occupational science degree programs.
Today, Blue Cliff College has three campuses: Metairie and Alexandria in Louisiana, and Gulfport in Mississippi, along with distance education programs.
Accreditation
Approvals, Licenses, and/or Affiliations
ARKANSAS
Arkansas Department of Health and Arkansas Department of Higher Education.
GULFPORT, MS:
Mississippi State Board of Massage Therapy (License number 9803), Mississippi State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering*, Mississippi Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration**, and Mississippi Board of Nursing (MSBON)***.
- Blue Cliff College operates the Cosmetology Program based on a Module Completion Program. Hours missed in excess of 24 hours for each module will be a failure of that module. Students will be allowed to make up 12 of the 24 hours missed. Blue Cliff College will report hours in both Module and Clock Hours as required by the Mississippi State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering. When you have reached the 1500 Cosmetology Clock Hour requirement, you are eligible to test for your Cosmetology license. However, in order to receive your completion certificate of the Cosmetology Program for Blue Cliff College, you will need to complete all modules.
** Licensed by the Mississippi Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration. Certificate No. C-736. Licensure indicates only that minimum standards have been met; it is not an endorsement or guarantee of quality. Licensure is not equivalent to or synonymous with accreditation by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
*** The Practical Nursing (PN) program in Gulfport, MS has received initial accreditation approval by the Mississippi Board of Nursing (MSBON) with full accreditation eligibility after the first year. The PN program is only approved for the Gulfport location.
LOUISIANA CAMPUSES (Alexandria and Metairie):
Louisiana State Board of Massage Therapy, Louisiana Board of Regents, Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology, and Louisiana State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners and Louisiana State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners (LSBPNE)*.
- The Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) Program in Metairie, LA has been placed on provisional accreditation status by the Louisiana State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners (LSBPNE). The LPN program is only approved for the Metairie Campus.
* Blue Cliff College operates the Cosmetology/Esthetics Program based on a Module Completion Program. Hours missed in excess of 24 hours for each module will be a failure of that module. Students will be allowed to make up 12 of the 24 hours missed. Blue Cliff College will report your hours in both Module and Clock Hours as required by the Mississippi State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering. When you have reached the 1500 Cosmetology Clock Hour requirement or the 600 Esthetics Clock Hour requirement, you are eligible to test for your Cosmetology/Esthetics license. However, in order to receive your completion certificate of the Cosmetology/Esthetics Program for Blue Cliff College, you will need to complete all modules.
**Licensed by the Mississippi Commission on Proprietary School and College Registration, Certificate No. 736. Licensure indicates only that minimum standards have been met; it is not an endorsement or guarantee of quality. Licensure is not equivalent to or synonymous with accreditation by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
NOTE:
Documents relating to accreditation, licensure or affiliations can be reviewed by contacting the Campus Director.
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