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Berea College Data & Information Overview

293 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
33% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Berea College Ranked?

#987 Best Colleges in Nation
General Health & Wellness Highest Ranked Major
#1,948 Best for the Money in Nation

2024 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Berea College was awarded 293 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general health & wellness.

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Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Berea is ranked #987 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Berea held the #1,190 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Berea?

33% Acceptance Rate
59% Of Accepted Are Women
8% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

If you're applying to Berea College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 33%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.

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 555 and 640. Math scores were between 563 and 628.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Berea College  ( 555 to 640 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Berea College  ( 563 to 628 )
200
800
Berea received ACT scores from 46% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 23 and 28.

ACT Composite Scores for Berea College  ( 23 to 28 )
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36

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Berea College Faculty

9 to 1 Student to Faculty
88% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Berea is an impressive 9 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Berea College is 88%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  88 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Berea College

84% Freshmen Retention
55% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 84% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Berea College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  84 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Berea for first-time, full-time students is 55%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  55 out of 100
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100

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Berea College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,423 Full-Time Undergraduates
43.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
59.6% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,432 undergraduates at Berea with 1,423 being full-time and 9 being part-time.

How Much Does Berea College Cost?

$5,222 Net Price
6% Take Out Loans
$9,212 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Berea is $5,222. 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.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Berea, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

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 Berea, approximately 6% of students took out student loans averaging $2,303 a year. That adds up to $9,212 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Berea is 12.0%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do Berea Graduates Make?

$37,154 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Berea with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $37,154 in their early years. Unfortunately, this is 13% less that the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, graduates in your major field may make more.

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Location of Berea College

Kentucky State
1,423 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Located in Berea, Kentucky, Berea College is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of Berea is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

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Contact details for Berea are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 101 Chestnut Street, Berea, KY 40404-2182
Phone: 859-985-3000
Website: https://www.berea.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bereacollege
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bereacollege

Berea College Majors

33 Majors With Completions
298 Undergraduate Degrees
Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management 30 NA
Computer Information Systems 29 $39,226
General Psychology 23 NA
General Biology 21 $17,023
Human Development & Family Studies 19 NA
Communication & Media Studies 17 $19,670
General Engineering Technology 14 $24,355
Political Science & Government 14 NA
Fine & Studio Arts 11 $7,984
General Agriculture 10 $21,131

Learn more about the majors offered at Berea College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Berea

1% Take At Least One Class Online
1% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2020-2021, 10 students took at least one online class at Berea College. This is a decrease from the 1,415 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 10 10
2019-2020 1,415 640
2018-2019 0 0
2017-2018 0 0
2016-2017 0 0

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*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.

References

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