Bland College enrolled 2,528 students in Fall 2021. Women made up 62% of the student body and men 38%. 32% of students at the college are first-generation students and 57% are students of color.
The junior college was the only two-year college within the state of Virginia to grow in enrollment after the COVID-19 pandemic, with its enrollment increasing by 21% compared to the 14% drop that the two-year colleges of the Virginia Community College System suffered.
=== Rankings ===
College Factual in 2023 ranked RBC No. 236 out of 1,330 nationally for associate degree-granting colleges. The publication also listed the college at No. 13 out of 64 for overall value in Virginia and ranked it as the 22nd-best college in the state. Overall, College Factual ranks the school No. 778 out of 2,241 schools in the United States, with it ranking above various four-year institutions.
== Athletics ==
The official mascot of Richard Bland College is the Statesman Eagle. The college's athletic teams are known as the Statesmen, …
