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Berea College

Berea College is located in Berea, Kentucky, United States. It was established in 1855 by John Gregg Fee. It was the first coeducational college in the South. The college awarded its first bachelor degrees in 1873. Berea College enrolls approximately 1,500 students annually and attracts students from over 60 countries worldwide. It offers an array of degrees and certificate programs in more than 25 different fields of study.

Berea College is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and competes in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Their sports teams are known as the Mountaineers. The sports teams participate in basketball, golf, softball, tennis, baseball, track and field, swimming, soccer, volleyball, and cross country.

Campus Location

101 Chestnut Street
Berea, KY 40404-2182
USA
Main Tel: (859) 985-3000
Web Site

The campus is in a town not particularly near any major cities.

Berea College Highlights

Where Berea College stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

  • Many students concentrating in mathematics, drama and performing arts, music, and science.
  • Affordable tuition & fees.
  • Number of dorm rooms for students.
  • Selective admissions.
  • Large number of students.
  • Good faculty-to-student ratio.
  • High faculty salary.
  • Large number of programs of study offered.
  • Superior share of faculty on tenure track.

Other important characteristics:

  • Faculty tenure system
  • Library on-campus
  • Campus housing available
  • Study abroad option
  • Part-time classes available

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

DegreeTotal
Earned
Different
Programs
Bachelor33253

Berea Students

The student enrollment at Berea was 1,582 in 2007 (1,552 full-time equivalent).

About 40% of the freshmen class in 2007 was male and women were 60% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

About 5% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 95% of incoming freshmen.

Tuition and Other Costs

ItemCost
State Tuition and fees$ 790
Room$ 2,934
Board$ 2,558
Books and supplies$ 750
Other$ 1,750

Financial Aid: Berea participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Full-Time Faculty  Total
With tenure  73
Without tenure; working toward tenure  37
Without tenure; tenure not available  22

Housing and Meals

Berea provides on-campus housing for 1,360 of its 1,552 (full-time) students (as of 2007). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Berea Athletics

Berea is in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for major sports.

Berea Admissions (2007)

ApplicantsAdmitted
Men26%
Women30%
All29%

SAT Test Scores:

SATMiddle 50%
Verbal480-593
Math478-600
Writing470-563

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2007 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (11 awarded)

  • Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
  • Agriculture

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

  • Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (35 awarded)

  • Accounting
  • Business Administration and Management
  • Business/Commerce
  • Finance
  • Marketing/Marketing Management

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (9 awarded)

  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (14 awarded)

  • Art Teacher Education
  • Education
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
  • Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
  • Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Secondary Education and Teaching
  • Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (34 awarded)

  • Manufacturing Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (22 awarded)

  • Child Development
  • Human Development and Family Studies

FINE ARTS (9 awarded)

  • Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (85 awarded)

  • African-American/Black Studies
  • Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
  • Creative Writing
  • Economics
  • English Language and Literature
  • English Literature (British and Commonwealth)
  • French Language and Literature
  • German Language and Literature
  • History
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Political Science and Government
  • Sociology
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (6 awarded)

  • Mathematics

MEDIA (15 awarded)

  • Mass Communication/Media Studies

MUSIC (9 awarded)

  • Music
  • Piano and Organ

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (12 awarded)

  • Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (7 awarded)

  • Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Kinesiology and Exercise Science

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (16 awarded)

  • Christian Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (29 awarded)

  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences
  • Biology/Biological Sciences
  • Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (19 awarded)

  • Psychology

Selected Careers of Interest

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