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Berea College

General Information

Name: Berea College
Address: Chestnut Street, Berea, KY 40404-2182
Phone:

  • General information: (859) 985-3000
  • Financial aid office: (859) 985-3310
  • Admissions office: (859) 985-3500

Website: www.berea.edu
Type of Institution: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Religious affiliation: None

Estimated Student Expenses

Undergraduate academic year prices
Detailed expenses2006-072005-062004-05
Tuition and fees$775$516$516
Books and supplies$750$700$700
Living arrangement
On-campus
        Room and board$5,230$4,980$4,748
        Other expenses$1,750$1,684$1,676

Total expenses   
On-campus$8,505$7,880$7,640

Financial Aid Recipients

    Percentage of Students Who Receive Aid:
  • Any form of aid: 100%
  • Federal grants: 83%
  • State/local grants: 41%
  • Institutional grants: 100%
  • Student loans: 30%
    Average Amount of Aid Received:
  • Federal grants:$3237
  • State/local grants:$4842
  • Institutional grants:$19657
  • Student loans:$1972

Admissions

Undergraduate Admissions
Fall 2006
TotalMenWomen
Number of applicants1,8188171,001
Percent admitted29.3%27.2%31.0%
Percent admitted who enrolled
Full-time72.9%75.7%71.0%

Enrollment

Total enrollment: 1595
First-time student retention: 82%
Overall graduation rate: 62%

Characteristics of students

    • Attendance:
    • Full Time: 96%
    • Part Time: 4%
    • Gender:
    • Men: 41%
    • Women: 59%

White non-hispanic: 69%
Black non-hispanic: 18%
Hispanic: 2%
Asian/pacific islander: 1%
American indian/alaska native: 1%
Other: 9%

Degrees offered

    Agriculture, Agriculture Operations and Related Sciences
  • Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations - Bachelor
  • Agriculture, General - Bachelor
    Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
  • Women's Studies - Bachelor
    Biological and Biomedical Sciences
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other - Bachelor
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General - Bachelor
  • Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology - Bachelor
    Business, Management, Marketing, & Related Support Services
  • Business/Commerce, General - Bachelor
    Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
  • Mass Communication/Media Studies - Bachelor
    Education
  • Art Teacher Education - Bachelor
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching - Bachelor
  • Education, General - Bachelor
  • Elementary Education and Teaching - Bachelor
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education - Bachelor
  • Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching - Bachelor
  • Music Teacher Education - Bachelor
  • Physical Education Teaching and Coaching - Bachelor
  • Secondary Education and Teaching - Bachelor
  • Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education - Bachelor
    Engineering Technologies/Technicians
  • Industrial Technology/Technician - Bachelor
    English Language and Literature/Letters
  • English Language and Literature, General - Bachelor
    Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General - Bachelor
    Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
  • French Language and Literature - Bachelor
  • German Language and Literature - Bachelor
  • Latin Language and Literature - Bachelor
  • Spanish Language and Literature - Bachelor
    Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
  • Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) - Bachelor
    History
  • History, General - Bachelor
    Mathematics and Statistics
  • Mathematics, General - Bachelor
    Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other - Bachelor
    Philosophy and Religious Studies
  • Philosophy - Bachelor
  • Religion/Religious Studies - Bachelor
    Physical Sciences
  • Chemistry, General - Bachelor
  • Physics, General - Bachelor
    Psychology
  • Psychology, General - Bachelor
    Social Sciences
  • Economics, General - Bachelor
  • Political Science and Government, General - Bachelor
  • Sociology - Bachelor
    Visual and Performing Arts
  • Art/Art Studies, General - Bachelor
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General - Bachelor
  • Music Performance, General - Bachelor
  • Music, General - Bachelor


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