The area abounds in a wealth of material for ecological studies. On the 60 acres of the main campus are the academic and residential buildings, the student center and some of the athletic facilities. Immediately west of the main campus is a 10-acre athletic facility, the Sears Athletic Complex, where the Dwight Salzman Stadium is located. The remaining acreage includes the College Farm and the Bluffton College Nature Preserve, which offers an outdoor education site with an eight-acre lake and nature trails. The Bluffton College student body exhibits diversity geographic, religious and racial.
Most students are from Ohio.
The total number of women is 497 and the total number of men is 330. There are approximately 12 international students on campus from a variety of countries. About 75 percent of the full-time faculty have earned terminal degrees. Buildings and grounds Centennial Hall. Groundbreaking for Centennial Hall took place Jan. 12, 1999.