Berea College Overview

Berea College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Berea, Kentucky. Berea is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

What Is Berea College Known For?

• Students at Berea may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 8 to 1.
• The highest award offered at Berea is the bachelor's degree.
• During a recent academic cycle, 81% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Berea bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $43,150 a year. That's about 6% more than their peers at other schools.
• The average Berea student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Berea College?

Contact details for Berea are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	101 Chestnut Street, Berea, KY 40404-2182
Phone:	859-985-3000
Website:	www.berea.edu

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How Do I Get Into Berea?

You can apply to Berea online at: https://www.berea.edu/admissions/applying-for-admission/

Admission Requirements for Berea

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Berea?

The acceptance rate at Berea is 25%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 22%, and the acceptance rate for women is 26%.

Average Test Scores

About 8% of students accepted to Berea submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 578 and 673. Math scores were between 558 and 625.

Berea received ACT scores from 40% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 28. Math scores were between 19 and 0. Composite scores were between 23 and 27.

Can I Afford Berea College?

The overall average net price of Berea is $5,687. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Berea, approximately 8% of students took out student loans averaging $2,559 a year. That adds up to $10,236 over four years for those students.

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Berea College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,432 undergraduate students at Berea, with 1,423 being full-time and 9 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,423 full-time undergraduates at Berea, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	43
Black or African American	250
Hispanic or Latino	202
White	706
International Students	91
Other Races/Ethnicities	131

Geographic Diversity

Kentucky students aren't the only ones who study at Berea College. At this time, 25 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 77 countries are represented at Berea. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Haiti.

Berea College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	39	39
Computer Information Systems	31	31
General Biology	26	26
Communication & Media Studies	26	26
General Psychology	22	22
General Engineering Technology	19	19
Health & Physical Education	15	15
General Agriculture	14	14
Human Development & Family Studies	14	14
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	14	14
Teacher Education Grade Specific	13	13
General English Literature	13	13
Nursing	12	12
Economics	8	8
Fine & Studio Arts	8	8
Romance Languages	7	7
Music	7	7
Ethnic Studies	5	5
Chemistry	5	5
Sociology	5	5
Drama & Theater Arts	5	5
General Education	4	4
Physics	4	4
Area Studies	3	3
History	3	3
Mathematics	3	3
Germanic Languages	2	2
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	2	2
Teacher Education Subject Specific	1	1
Philosophy	1	1
Health Sciences & Services	0	0
Applied Mathematics	0	0
Religious Studies	0	0
Political Science & Government	0	0
TOTAL	331	331

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 Rachid Hogerhuis under License

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