Berea College

Location and Contact Information

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

Overview

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.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in mathematics, drama and performing arts, fine arts, and science.
• Selective admissions.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: 4-1-4 plan.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,549 in 2009-2010 (1,551 full-time equivalent).

About 44% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 56% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 94% of the student body. About 1% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Berea provides on-campus housing for 1,378 of its 1,551 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

The school is in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (9 awarded)

• Agriculture

ART STUDIES (2 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (26 awarded)

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

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (3 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (7 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (17 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (21 awarded)

• Manufacturing Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (16 awarded)

• Child Development
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Human Development and Family Studies

FINE ARTS (15 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (70 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• 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 (5 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics

MEDIA (5 awarded)

• Mass Communication/Media Studies

MUSIC (4 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (13 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (10 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (7 awarded)

• Christian Studies
• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (26 awarded)

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

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (11 awarded)

• Psychology