Benedict College Overview

Benedict College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Columbia, South Carolina. The location of Benedict College is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Benedict College Known For?

• The highest award offered at Benedict College is the master's degree.
• In a recent academic period67% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Benedict College?

Contact details for Benedict College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1600 Harden Street, Columbia, SC 29204-1086
Phone:	803-253-5000
Website:	www.benedict.edu

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How Do I Get Into Benedict College?

You can apply to Benedict College online at: https://my.benedict.edu/ICS/Admissions/

Admission Requirements for Benedict College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	3

How Hard Is It To Get Into Benedict College?

With an acceptance rate of 68%, Benedict College does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 67%, and the acceptance rate for women is 69%.

Average Test Scores

About 16% of students accepted to Benedict College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 420 and 520. Math scores were between 400 and 500.

Can I Afford Benedict College?

The overall average net price of Benedict College is $15,220. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Benedict College, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $6,213 a year. That adds up to $24,852 over four years for those students.

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Benedict College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,724 undergraduate students at Benedict College, with 1,700 being full-time and 24 being part-time.

There are also 7 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,700 full-time undergraduates at Benedict College, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Benedict College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	7
Black or African American	1,433
Hispanic or Latino	53
White	16
International Students	140
Other Races/Ethnicities	51

Geographic Diversity

South Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at Benedict College. At this time, 20 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 32 countries are represented at Benedict College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Ethiopia, Colombia, and Jamaica.

Benedict College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Biology	53	0	53
Business Administration & Management	38	10	48
Health & Physical Education	35	13	48
Criminal Justice & Corrections	28	0	28
Teacher Education Grade Specific	24	0	24
Communication & Media Studies	21	0	21
General Psychology	20	0	20
Public Health	13	0	13
Social Work	12	0	12
Computer Science	11	0	11
Electronics Engineering Technology	11	0	11
Entrepreneurial Studies	9	0	9
Computer Engineering	8	0	8
Accounting	7	0	7
Fine & Studio Arts	7	0	7
Music	7	0	7
Finance & Financial Management	6	0	6
Arts & Media Management	6	0	6
General English Literature	4	0	4
Liberal Arts General Studies	2	0	2
Chemistry	2	0	2
Physics	2	0	2
Security Science and Technology	2	0	2
Political Science & Government	2	0	2
Human Development & Family Studies	1	0	1
Marketing	0	0	0
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	0
Computer Information Systems	0	0	0
Information Science	0	0	0
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0
Civil Engineering	0	0	0
Electrical Engineering	0	0	0
Engineering Physics	0	0	0
Environmental Engineering	0	0	0
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0
History	0	0	0
Mathematics	0	0	0
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	0	0	0
Economics	0	0	0
Sociology	0	0	0
TOTAL	331	23	354

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.